jimmcginn{at}yahoo.com (Jim McGinn) wrote 

> > > Maybe you are again saying that you are defining it as a sample and
> > > that the fact that it is not a sample in reality has to do with your
> > > proposition that the current paradigm is a theoretical construct that
> > > does nor represent the real world.
> > > 
> > > [moderator's query: Jim, are you arguing that production of offspring
> > > does NOT in any way constitute sampling of P1 DNA? - JAH]
> 
> I won't equivocate: yes, they are replications thereof, not samples.
> 
> [moderator's note: I will have to fire up a newsreader to post
> a response to this; it is clearly wrong. After all, 50% of
> parental DNA does not make it into the zygote every single
> time; how is this NOT sampling? 

Let's start with a definition of, "sample."

> Are you confused about the 
> nature of diploid organisms with haploid gametes? 

Like you say, "50% of parental DNA does not make it into the 
zygote every single time."  So I don't think I'm confused.  

Maybe, before we continue this investigation, we should take 
measures to avoid the potential confusion associated with the 
relatively sophisticated nature of sexual reproduction.  Maybe 
we should stick with single-celled, nonsexual reproduction for 
our example.  It shouldn't matter, should it?

Jim
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