Comments on: History, just a flip of the coin… http://jrwbym.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/history-just-a-flip-of-the-coin/ Ex Nostrum Mens Thu, 01 May 2008 19:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: therealdarwin http://jrwbym.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/history-just-a-flip-of-the-coin/#comment-25 therealdarwin Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:11:30 +0000 http://jrwbym.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-25 Dear James, I must agree with Cal, calm down! Celebrate, even! What irks me most in your post, James, is that you feel as though your discovery is over, yet it has just begun. The implications of the DNA structure have not yet materialized fully, and the discoveries that will stem from this one have not yet made themselves known. You may speculate all you like, James, but your speculation is missing the aging of time which seems to always serve to fight against your expectations. You may even be quite presumptuous to think that this DNA discovery will hold a lasting importance for even one hundred years. -CD Dear James, I must agree with Cal, calm down! Celebrate, even!

What irks me most in your post, James, is that you feel as though your discovery is over, yet it has just begun. The implications of the DNA structure have not yet materialized fully, and the discoveries that will stem from this one have not yet made themselves known. You may speculate all you like, James, but your speculation is missing the aging of time which seems to always serve to fight against your expectations. You may even be quite presumptuous to think that this DNA discovery will hold a lasting importance for even one hundred years.

-CD

]]> By: callmestephanides http://jrwbym.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/history-just-a-flip-of-the-coin/#comment-8 callmestephanides Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:22:23 +0000 http://jrwbym.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-8 James, It must be really tough, making a big discovery and all. Having all that fame. Being the most important scientist of our time. Yep, sympathy all around. James, if it's chance, what does it matter, then? I am a product of chance, and the chance that has produced me has been a product of countless other chances. Would you have expected two cousins, Greek immigrants to escape a war-torn, burning village, illegally take refuge in France, make it to America, and, by chance, be drawn by love to marry incestuously? I call my own existence both chance and miracle at once. I suggest you reconsider your position, stop stressing out, and enjoy the limelight. Relax, James. -Cal James,

It must be really tough, making a big discovery and all. Having all that fame. Being the most important scientist of our time. Yep, sympathy all around.

James, if it’s chance, what does it matter, then? I am a product of chance, and the chance that has produced me has been a product of countless other chances. Would you have expected two cousins, Greek immigrants to escape a war-torn, burning village, illegally take refuge in France, make it to America, and, by chance, be drawn by love to marry incestuously? I call my own existence both chance and miracle at once. I suggest you reconsider your position, stop stressing out, and enjoy the limelight.

Relax, James.

-Cal

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