Posted by ros on March 21, 1999 at 17:53:44 {MWiPgYg2nZn0g}:
In Reply to: *Try this one, J.H.,5GJW,et.al. posted by A Little Off Topic? on March 21, 1999 at 15:56:19:
Yep, you must be a "right-brainer."
No more off topic than discussion that if similar deoxyribonucleic acid retroposons, caused by ribonuclleic acid reverse transcription (one category of DNA mutations ( i.e., pseudogenes)) is discovered to exist in two different species (e.g., chimps and humans), making each genetically susceptible to a common disease (for example the HIV virus), that it necessarily proves they evolved from common ancestors. (But then, scientists only claim that it is strong evidence; not proof.) Sorry, off topic again.
The point of the puzzles was to demonstrate that reality is not always subject to what we consider proof--although you're right. This puzzle was provable, so off-topic. A spin-off of the other one that was, I think, more on topic.
But good show. You got it right. :)
Ros