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Yet more evidence of evolution

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by rhadamanthus, Jun 10, 2008.

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  1. rhadamanthus

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    http://www.newscientist.com/channel...make-major-evolutionary-shift-in-the-lab.html

    This is neat, but no doubt someone will get all ticked about it - ergo I put it in the D&D.

     
    #1 rhadamanthus, Jun 10, 2008
  2. MadMax

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    I'm pissed about this, rhad. ;)
     
    #2 MadMax, Jun 10, 2008
  3. rhadamanthus

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    I knew it! :D
     
    #3 rhadamanthus, Jun 10, 2008
  4. DaDakota

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    Neat, that is a cool experiment.....

    DD
     
    #4 DaDakota, Jun 10, 2008
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    630,000 E. Coli years, one new trait developed. Interesting, but not exactly a smoking gun for evolutionary biologists.
     
    #5 weslinder, Jun 10, 2008
  6. rhadamanthus

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    To be fair - nature would provide more than 12 populations too.
     
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    Yeah, I'm just being contrarian.
     
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    Meanie.
     
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    Science is like so unrational.
     
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    I know!!! Let's develop MUTATED E. COLI Bacteria!!!

    What could possibly go wrong?!?!
     
    #10 Mulder, Jun 10, 2008
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    Well, there's no absence of evidence....

    does that mean there is or isn't evidence of absence?

    what?
     
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    Wow!

    Thanks
     
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    How did the observed bacteria get there? Oh right, somebody put it there.
     
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    Which, I suppose, leads to the question: Why can't creationism and evolution coexist? It doesn't seem too far-fetched to believe that an original creation could evolve.

    But maybe I'm just wishy-washy.
     
    #16 gwatson86, Jun 11, 2008
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    If you are talking about creation of universe, at the present no one knows how it happened, it could be some "God" that created the whole thing. However, if you are talking about the creation of man, it almost certainly was not done by God like it was stated in the bible.
     
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  18. Rashmon

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    As long as they notify me in advance before they teach this to my child in school.
     
    #18 Rashmon, Jun 11, 2008
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    How did you observe it being put there? That's amazing! And so simple!
     
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  20. MadMax

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    tell me how you think it's stated in the Bible.

    i'm not a creationist in a literal sense. i believe there was a creator who created creation. i don't worry much about whether the creation story happened with detail, because detail isn't really provided. god breathed life into creation. the bible poetically says he spoke it into existence, written by people thousands of years ago without the benefit of a microscope.
     
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