Its genetic, shown to be so by examination of the genes and experiments on what structures are changed in the bacteria by the different genetic code. Whereas your point about tolerance is missing the point entirely. Even assuming you are correct, Houdini did not evolve tolerance, because evolution is the changing of genes over several generations, and the loss of those with a less than fit genetic complement. Or, to put it more simply, if Houdini had a hundred children, and one of them had some genetic change that made him more able to tolerate cold than the others, and a gigantic ice age overtook the earth very suddenly, killing half of those who didnt have the genetic changes, then after a few generations, the humans left would mostly have the genetic changes I have mentioned, that make them better able to live in the cold.Woody said:Guthrie says: Oh wow! Woody's tests have been fulfilled! By bacteria evolving antibiotic resistance! Who would have thought it!
Woody says: Is this genetic or is it just tolerance to poisons being developed by individuals? Animals and humans have a pretty remarkable ability to develop tolerance. Consider Harry Houdini -- he acclimated himself in ice-cold water to overcome hypothermia.
this is I believe a science forum called sci(ence)forums, consisting of 27 sub-forums, seven are totally science two are science tecnology.Woody said:but what should I expect from athiests on a religion forum anyway?
Woody said:I caught the frog in a reed thicket, I had him in my possession the whole time, and nobody else knew about him but me. Nobody else had access to him and the cigarette butts were odviously floaters from the run-off that goes into the creek (no ash or tobacco remaining on them). They were not full strength in nicotene, probably floated a while and then washed up on the creek bank. Maybe the wind blew them around, and the frog thought they were bugs, who knows?
Woody said:Guthrie says: Oh wow! Woody's tests have been fulfilled! By bacteria evolving antibiotic resistance! Who would have thought it!
Woody says: Is this genetic or is it just tolerance to poisons being developed by individuals? Animals and humans have a pretty remarkable ability to develop tolerance. Consider Harry Houdini -- he acclimated himself in ice-cold water to overcome hypothermia.
How novel, a chimp which can manipulate a keyboard, and actually has the cheek to criticize evil 'athiests' who have corrected his blatant misconceptions about basic evolutionary theory. It's just a pity that you can't reason with this creature.Originally Posted by Woody
As I said in the beginning -- all I asked for was a definition of "survival of the fittest" that's provable in logic. Look what I got instead. It's amazing that it's taken literally hundreds of posts to get there. Nobody proposed an example -- just the same old B.S. and name calling. Pretty poor.
That is how this whole misunderstanding began, from misinformation about evolution on this forum -- but what should I expect from athiests on a religion forum anyway?
Do you have a point? Never heard of genome theory btw. But then again I am just a biologist for a living.
Woody said:Bare links with no supporting discussion should be avoided. Make the argument in your own words and use links as supporting references.
Woody said:
Darwin's theory of evolution is logically flawed. I'm not the first to bring it up. I hope everyone that believes it is prepared for their eternity. The "cause" of evolution has not really been proven.
http://www.tdtone.org/darwin/Darwin1.htm
http://www.tdtone.org/evolution/TDTns.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_of_the_fittest
The author of the first two technical papers is waiting for someone to provide a satisfactory definition of "natural selection." He has been waiting years for someone to accomplish this.
That wasn't what you were talking about earlier.
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