Determining similarity statistics between the human and chimp genome

Frank, you need to realise something about us science/tech types. We tend to be absolutely scathing about anything where we see demonstrable falsehood, woolly thinking, or resistance to correction.

This is simply because we are all too aware that when science and technology are involved, getting things wrong can put people’s lives at risk.

When, as Christians, we see the YEC organisations not only promoting extreme sloppiness in science, but also insisting that the authority of the entire Bible depends on it and denouncing anyone who questions it as “compromisers” and “faithless so-called Christians” … I think you can see why we’re scathing. That kind of attitude brings the entire Gospel of Jesus Christ into disrepute.

What do you mean? The misconfigurations of BLAST, nucmer and LASTZ in a way that reports that human DNA is only 85% similar to itself, and the failure to correct or withdraw the resulting claims are evidence.

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