RE: Pleas from a YEC
May 22, 2014 at 2:29 am
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2014 at 2:35 am by Lucanus.)
I assume you are quoting him when you say
It doesn't take a geneticist to say this argument is a pile of bovine excrement; even though mutations are random, evolution DOES NOT make yeast cells into ground worms on a whim.
It takes millions of years of genetic isolation to make random, small, mutations influence the allelic frequencies of a population, thus making the population itself change with time. Also, you must take into account natural selection that makes drastic changes quickly become the norm under the right situations.
A mutation big enough to make a yeast directly into a worm would probably kill the poor thing: it might carry some lethal combination of genes which was not selected against in the past. Such a mutation could be possible, but the chances of it happening are the same chances a YEC will ever read a fucking science book... And even then, it would not be considered an example of evolution, but an horrid mutation.
These people need to stop thinking that living beings evolve the same way pokemon do
Quote: A yeast cell to be converted into a round worm would need 13,000 additional information of gene coding to do such. Mathematically. That is impossible. However, I will give you credit. In an infinite universe. I believe in infinite possibilities.
It doesn't take a geneticist to say this argument is a pile of bovine excrement; even though mutations are random, evolution DOES NOT make yeast cells into ground worms on a whim.
It takes millions of years of genetic isolation to make random, small, mutations influence the allelic frequencies of a population, thus making the population itself change with time. Also, you must take into account natural selection that makes drastic changes quickly become the norm under the right situations.
A mutation big enough to make a yeast directly into a worm would probably kill the poor thing: it might carry some lethal combination of genes which was not selected against in the past. Such a mutation could be possible, but the chances of it happening are the same chances a YEC will ever read a fucking science book... And even then, it would not be considered an example of evolution, but an horrid mutation.
These people need to stop thinking that living beings evolve the same way pokemon do
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
