Trust us, this is *really* how it works...

So all this 'junk' in our genetic code turns out to not be junk! Makes me feel like ranting :) :


Questions:

1. So how much of our 'junk' matches the 'junk' of Chimps? Are we as closely 'related' as once thought?


2. Are geneticists 'really, really' sure they have a correct view of out genes now?


3. Is it possible - just possible - that scientists in other fields may have incorrect understandings of things such as, say, climate change? And if so, might it not make sense to take a cautious approach to addressing issues like humanity's impact on the environment?

I have no problem with science. It's just irritating when people try to build an accurate world view based solely on current scientific theory (and it's all theory). Case in point: a scientific theory that was embraced by most 'educated' and 'thinking' people in the first half of the 20th century:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/09/ING9C2QSKB1.DTL

The Carnegie Foundation and The President of Stanford University - supporters of eugenics?

The 'science' of eugenics even seduced part of the Jewish people, millions of whom would ultimately suffer at the hands of eugenicists:

http://galton.org/essays/1900-1911/galton-1910-jewish-chronicle-eugenics.pdf

Science? Again, I have no problem with it. Let's just not confuse it with morality, nor make it the basis for our morality. Morality is foundational and must inform our science and philosophy, not the other way round.