I further stated that should they do that, they would merely discover that their initial sample population was a mixed bag, and all they did was remove those algae that were not able to live in the constructed conditions, allowing those that *were* able to handle the constructed conditions to prosper.
It is not TOO MUCH to ask them to do this, since they went so far out on a limb as to suggest that they caused evolution to occur in an observable manner. It can be done, but won't (or won't be published if the results don't meet their pre-conceived notions).
So you're suggesting that evolutionary biologists conspire to suppress results that contradict Darwinian orthodoxy? Do you have any evidence to support this (rather paranoid) claim?