(December 27, 2009 at 3:37 am)ib.me.ub Wrote: The so-called bad bacteria must have a use....Maybe it is a natural way to keep populations in balance. If this is true, which it may not be, I can then ask, what if you overcome natures natural defence in population control? Hey, imagine a world without death or prolonged life!!!
And, on another point, why do bad-bacteria exist if they are bad? This may seem like a stuipid question and probably is, but musn't they fit into the eco-system somehow.
You are trying to translate human values to something that has evolved to fit its niche.
The "bad" bacteria exist because they can, and their detrimental effect on us is the most
effective way for them to propagate. Which, after all the only reason life has for existing,
to create more life.
Think of the wasp that propagates by injecting its eggs into the bodies of live caterpillars.
Is that wasp bad in human terms?
Yet it's pretty devastating as far as the caterpillar is concerned.
Good and bad are not terms you can apply to the natural world.
