Evolution confirmed in quantified lab experiment?
I read somewhere that Richard Lenski's E.coli experiment reached 60,000 generations in April 2014 I believe. I can't explain the experiment because my text got deleted for attempting to bypass the swear filter but essentially e.coli were grown in a culture with low sugar and high concentration of a chemical they cannot metabolize. Around 40,000 generations they became able to use that source and the population grew much faster. here is the article. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461117/
I am curious how creationists respond to this ongoing experiment showing the evolution of an alternative food source utilization in e.coli.
January 29, 2015
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Well I see where you're getting at, but Evolution and Creationism are different things.
There is no way you ''can't believe in evolution'' because it has been proven before, but it doesn't change the views of the creationist because its an entirely different thing.
I don't think they'll believe it until the e coli turns makes itself into a human.
Evolution has been confirmed in pokemon.
But that only proves microevolution, not macroevolution wah wah.
[quote=tiesandbowties]No learned or respected person in the academia world will refute evolution. It's mostly backwards, right wing conservatives who deny evolution.[/quote]
You said it baby
i want to see what Unsilenced says to this
[quote=Avatar]Most of them deny it because of lack of evidence, but claim to be perfect rational and open to it. I'm curious how this experiment fares as evidence.[/quote]
Considering we use E. coli as staple test subjects, I'm pretty sure this experiment solidifies the idea of evolution
[quote=Avatar]Most of them deny it because of lack of evidence, but claim to be perfect rational and open to it. I'm curious how this experiment fares as evidence.[/quote]
To be fair, if a person has been denying evolution until now while there have been tons of legitimate evidence for the theory, I highly doubt a single experiment will sway their opinion on the matter. This renders the question as to why the denial? I assume it has to do something with stubbornness or complete faith in their simpleton beliefs? Either way, if you're not on the evolution train by now I really don't think the train's is too keen on making more and more stops. Time to catch the train yourself, yeah?
[quote=tiesandbowties]No learned or respected person in the academia world will refute evolution. It's mostly backwards, right wing conservatives who deny evolution.[/quote]
Most of them deny it because of lack of evidence, but claim to be perfect rational and open to it. I'm curious how this experiment fares as evidence.
What he said ^
No learned or respected person in the academia world will refute evolution. It's mostly backwards, right wing conservatives who deny evolution.