(February 4, 2015 at 5:47 am)Heywood Wrote:(February 3, 2015 at 7:12 pm)Chas Wrote: If we consider Mycoplasma Laboratorium as man-made, then it is in a different tree of life than all other living things on earth. If it will be subject to reproductive error and selection, then evolution will occur.
The fact that Mycoplasma Laboratorium was invented says precisely nothing about how life came about on Earth. The fact that it may evolve simply shows that my definition is correct.
It demonstrates that intellects can create biological evolutionary systems. It is not unreasonable to think that other biological evolutionary systems will soon be created by Venter or others like him. The situation will very soon likely be this:
There will be thousands of different trees of life on this planet.
All those trees except one will be known to be the products of intellect.
There will be one tree where we just don't know if it is the product of intellect or not.
If most trees and possibly all trees of life on this planet are products of intellect, would it then be unreasonable to believe that most and possibly all trees of life in the universe are products of intellect?
Yes, that is an unreasonable conclusion.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
