(October 24, 2017 at 10:49 am)Huggy74 Wrote:(October 24, 2017 at 10:23 am)KevinM1 Wrote: Huggy, Minimum Viable Population is a thing. 14 animals per 'kind' isn't nearly enough to make a population viable. The MVP for most animals is in the thousands, as it accounts for inbreeding deficiencies, disease, existing predators, availability and quality of food sources, other potential environmental hazards, etc.
The Ark would need to hold tens of thousands of animals in order to repopulate the planet, and it would take far, far longer than several thousand years for the repopulation (and biodiversity we see today) to happen.
It's a myth, and a poor one at that.
Is that how were going to play it? You have absolutely no idea how long it would take any number of animals to repopulate the earth, that is something that has never been observed, so you're not even talking science right now.
Well how about this, the way our cells work make abiogenesis an impossibility, but for some strange reason that doesn't debunk abiogenesis, instead scientists theorize that ancient cells must have operated differently from modern cells.
So what makes you so sure that cells don't degrade after reproduction (In all other cases a copy of a copy of a copy would be inferior to the original), so while we may currently see ill effects caused by a low gene pool, maybe ancient species didn't due to stronger genetics.
You are a bonafide idiot.
We have conservationists today working to save endangered species. Conservationists today trying to maintain certain animal populations around the globe. We have a history of triumphs and failures with it. Data. We also have geneticists, biologists, and others whose work inform what people on the ground and policymakers do. Just because it goes against your story, doesn't make it untrue. MVP (and the associated PVA - Population Viability Analyses) exist. Deal with it.
Regarding abiogenesis, I have the distinct impression you're talking out of your ass (like usual), so maybe post something supporting your assertion? Something not from Talk Origins, or any other creationist source?