To: GourmetDan
The bacteria created a new protein out of an old gene and now could digest nylon; thus new information was created. The information necessary to digest nylon was created. This was not Devolution, it was evolution, and a gain of information, the exact thing that the poster said was impossible.
486 posted on
08/15/2008 2:30:46 PM PDT by
allmendream
(If "the New Yorker" makes a joke, and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
To: allmendream
"The bacteria created a new protein out of an old gene and now could digest nylon; thus new information was created. The information necessary to digest nylon was created. This was not Devolution, it was evolution, and a gain of information, the exact thing that the poster said was impossible." You have a very narrow definition of 'new' since you admit that it exists in non-nylon environments but dies out.
493 posted on
08/15/2008 2:45:41 PM PDT by
GourmetDan
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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