Given the absurd number of times bacteria have reproduced in the last 100+ years that we've been observing them (millions given the rapid rate of reproduction), how many new bacterial species have been seen? Any?
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Given the absurd number of times bacteria have reproduced in the last 100+ years that we've been observing them (millions given the rapid rate of reproduction), how many new bacterial species have been seen? Any?
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Actually yes, but they have been genetically engineered by humans. (oop, could this be a case of evidence for intelligent design?).
Exactly, "intellegent design" is a theory for "dumb hicks."
You know, it is funny that men like Einstein and C.S. Lewis (two of the most brilliant minds of the 20th Century) were not supporters of macro-evolution.
I read a quote from Lewis once where he put it in really simple terms..."If there was nothing in the beginning, without a Creator, there would still be nothing."
The very idea that life evolved from non-life has been challenged from the top Physicists, Chemists, and even some biologists (especially DNA scientists).
So, I'd say this writer is a scared liberal--afraid that the weak theory he agrees with is on the way out--it has been that way in science for a while, it's about time the schools catch up!
"Given the absurd number of times bacteria have reproduced in the last 100+ years that we've been observing them (millions given the rapid rate of reproduction), how many new bacterial species have been seen? Any?"
Haven't looked for any new species of bacteria, but I have noticed that 500 lb pumpkins now exist. Granted, it took a little help from mankind, but that's exactly what Mother Nature does day in and day out. Help species evolve. I've also noticed that mankind is evolving. We're getting larger and dumber as time goes by.
MRSA
Same thing with fruitflies. You would think by now somebody would have observed fruit flies evolving into something other than a fly like creature.
In a lab you could even alter the environement and make it favorable to fruitflies who evolve fins and swim underwater. When a fruit fly turns into a new fish species...viola! I won't hold my breath though...
100+ years isn't quite as long as the 1,000,000,000+ years that it takes single-celled organisms to evolve into new things.
How many do you want?