Evolution .. Both Theory and Fact

[labelwench]

Not quite sure of what your saying ?

Do you think that the eye could not have evolved or could have evolved by the application of Natural Selection ?

cool bananas ... greg

[Graybeard]

But you didn't answer the question ?

cool bananas ... greg

[labelwench]

But you didn't answer the question ?

cool bananas ... greg

Perhaps the Tree Lobsters post was too subtle?

I merely note that many species HAVE eyes.

Some arguments propose that this is arrangement could have come about by evolution, while others posit that this would be impossible.

I enjoy the interface where the possible and impossible meet.

[Graybeard]

Perhaps the Tree Lobsters post was too subtle?

Yes

I merely note that many species HAVE eyes.

Some arguments propose that this is arrangement could have come about by evolution, while others posit that this would be impossible.

I enjoy the interface where the possible and impossible meet.

Do you think that the eye could not have evolved or could have evolved by the application of Natural Selection ?


greg

[labelwench]

Yes



Do you think that the eye could not have evolved or could have evolved by the application of Natural Selection ?


greg

I accept that I have eyes, and with these eyes I observe similar on many other creatures and beings.

I accept that I am a part of that which I call 'Nature'.

How things came to be totally eludes me, Greg, and I can quite enjoy playing with the pieces of the puzzle without being committed to any one concept beyond being respectful of gravity and that other rule about two objects occupying the same space at the same time.

I don't mind stating that I don't know, as it detracts not the least from the experience.

Don't forget to eat your carrots....supposedly they are good for one's eye health.

[Graybeard]

Don't forget to eat your carrots....supposedly they are good for one's eye health.

And also for leading this Donkey astray ......... sigh

greg

[labelwench]

And also for leading this Donkey astray ......... sigh

greg

"Hmmmmm.......by all visual indications, it is a circular argument," observed the donkey who had fallen into the well.

I just enjoyed the cartoon and your thread seemed the most logical one to post it on. Thank you for the chat and I acknowledge that my unwillingness to assume a fixed position tries your patience. I enjoy contemplating all possibilities until they are proven to have validity or not.

[labelwench]

Deep in South Africa's gold mines water can be found in rock fractures, hosting bacteria that feed off the stone itself and form biofilms on the hard surfaces. Now new samples pulled from these sunless pools show that nematodes—roundworms of varying size that are essentially tubes with a digestive tract and thrive everywhere on the planet—likely graze on these bacterial films, surviving more than a kilometer underground. In fact, an entirely new species of nematode—dubbed Halicephalobus mephisto for a lifestyle reminiscent of Faust's underworld demon, Mephistopheles, or "he who loves not the light"—makes its home only in the deep subsurface, suggesting that life, even complex, multicellular life, may populate sulphate-loving ecosystems in the planet's unexplored depths.

Another small piece of the puzzle discovered, life at a depth where none was expected to be found.

How much more remains to be 'unearthed'?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ep-underground