There is no such thing as beneficial mutations. They do not add new coded information.
Define "coded information".
Nevertheless, such decrease of information can be beneficial in a new environments.
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"Beneficial mutations do not exist however beneficial outcomes of mutations in specific environments do exist."
I almost fell out of my chair laughing when she said this.
"Beneficial outcome of a mutation in a specific environment" is practically the
the definition of a beneficial mutation.
"It really depends on the context whether or not a mutation is a good or a bad thing.[sic]"
Well thank you for that insight.
Every biologist in the world will tell you the exact same thing. And even educated laymen like me know without having to be told that a mutation that leads to more fur (an increase in information, btw) will be beneficial in the Arctic where an animal might be subject to freezing but would be disastrous in the tropics where the same animal might quickly overheat and die.
She claims (at 0:57) that bacteria with resistance to antibiotics are not as fit in an environment that does not have antibiotics. I so wanted to raise my hand and ask "why" because that doesn't follow at all. Why would the absence of an antibiotic be a detriment to bacteria with resistance to said antibiotic? Those bacteria with the resistance would just be on a level playing field with bacteria without the resistance.
I've already pointed out to you that adding a second set of wings to a fruit fly is an example of new information so we'll move past the false claim that no new information is ever added.
"[Lenksi's E.coli] have adapted to life in the lab"
"they have lost the ability to degrade certain sugars"
These and several other claims are just plain irrelevant to the fact that Lenski's E.Coli gained the ability to use a new food source. The fact that they may have lost other abilities does not prevent the addition of new ones. Blind cave fish lost the use of their eyes but gained better olfactory sense via more taste buds.
"you didn't gain any functional system"
The ability to digest citrate as a food source was a new functional system in Lenski's E.coli experiment.
"This info is available on the Answers in Genesis website"
Ah yes, Answers in Genesis. The group that has as part of their statement of faith this:
By definition, no apparent, perceived or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the scriptural record. Of primary importance is the fact that evidence is always subject to interpretation by fallible people who do not possess all information.
They make this statement despite the fact that all their evidence is also subject to interpretation and that they are fallible men who do not possess all information.
