Originally posted by joedrummer2422
Mad Scientist.
I understand you know a lot of theorys and large words that no one has ever heard off.
That is great.
I will only concede one point. And that is that large animals aren't finished evolving.
Other than that, what I said was accurate.
I do not know how animals got here because I dont know how anything got here. But we w ...[text shortened]... than that. Why dont you stop reading off text from a book and voice your opinion on the matter.
My opinion is that all life evolved from ribosome-like not quite organism things which gained RNA and evenutally made the first cells which evolved to be all life today. The main point I am arguing is when you or someone else misunderstands or misrepresents science. I hate common misconceptions about things like evolution and sometimes try to inform people of the theories proposed by science, not the skewed versions that everyone seems to think science proposes.
I'm glad you admit that I know a lot about science and have a large vocabulary, but that wasn't the point of my post. I sometimes slip into a writing style that sounds a little more serious than usual forum banter. Usually in longer posts like this. It isn't something I do consciously but it happens. As far as the big words, I have a game with my friends where we try to use as many big or rarely used words as possible during the day. You ain't read nothing yet.
Darwin's evolution is the basis for today's genetic theory, but many of his ideas have been revised or built on significantly. We are all talking about evolution, thats how animals got here if you don't believe creationism.
I pointed out that there is a difference between bacteria and diseases and that the vast majority of bacteria do not cause any disease. This is an all to common misconception, and being into microbiology, I get somewhat annoyed by it. It was also a half-joke based on my current avatar.
Toxoplasma that I mentioned are easily one of the most advanced organisms out there, and it is your point of view that is flawed. They infect about 1/3 of the human population and only kill the imunodefcient. Parasites, bacteria and viruses that kill most hosts are more primative.
Flies are immensly sucessful.
Evolution is all about sex, offspring, and survival of those offspring. The Natural selection doesn't breed for things like intelligence or strength. The males who have more sex, the females who have more babies, and the children who are more likely to make it to childbearing age are selected. The more intelligent humans, way back, were more likely to not be killed or to gather more food which would allow their children to survive better. It is one of many solutions to allow a species to better reproduce itself. Reproduction is what evolution and natural selection are all about, intelligence is just a side effect.
It may be harder for a parasite to play chess. But our cells aren't able to hide from other animals immune systems. If you inject your cells into your pet cat's body, they will quickly be destroyed by the immune system. We even need drugs to get our bodies to accept organ transplants from other humans.
You don't have a very specific theory of evolution, but science does and it is generally agreed upon as the best current theory that explains all our observations and has no obvious flaws. A few other evolution theories have been proposed in the past, but all have been disproven except Darwin's basic idea which has been modified to explain more things. You should learn about evolutionary theory before trying to argue it.
And I never quote or paraphrase from a book deliberately without giving credit. I may come off sounding like a book because I read books, unlike some people, and have learned most things from books or professors who sound vaugely like books. I was giving information as clearly as I could. If you read it carefully, you can tell that my posts have not been copied from books.
As I said, my opinion is that macroevolution, not divine creation, is where all species came from. My other opinion is that you need to learn what you are talking about before arguing it and know the facts and theories behind your broad statements.
Thanks.