Why Have Birds Never Gotten as Big as T. Rex?

[BobRyan]

in less than 10 years(2035) we will have synthetic protoeukaryotes.

That is a pretty good imagination.

If I were an evolutionist I would imagine that whatever someone else imagines - is science fact observed in nature confirming the teaching of evolutionism

 

[BobRyan]

Structures that include light-sensitive cells.

light sensitive cells that help worms avoid light - avoid the need of seeing objects etc - are the kind of anti-eye that meets the evolutionist's need for actual eyes that supposedly evolve since 514 million years is a pretty long time to have nothing but not-eyes.

Meanwhile our skin is also "light sensitive - turning darker with exposure to light -- also "not eyes".

When it comes to examples of light-sensitive not-eyes we have many examples.

You know what they call structures with light-sensitive cells?

In the case of skin that darkens over time with exposure to light --- not-eyes.

Meanwhile king, and queen termites possess small, weak compound eyes. These eyes help them navigate and communicate within their colonies, distinguishing sunlight from moonlight, and finding suitable locations for new colonies.

The idea that all you get after 514 million years of "evolution" is light-sensitive cells in worms --- is hard to swallow given that the entire human brain supposedly evolved in a fraction of that time.

Story telling in the system of evolutionism is hard to take seriously.

 

[AaronClaricus]

That is a pretty good imagination.

If I were an evolutionist I would imagine that whatever someone else imagines - is science fact observed in nature confirming the teaching of evolutionism

The predictions of the late 20th century and early 2000s held up pretty well for the present. Lots of scientific discovery and engineering. I'm planning a whole volume(about 300 pages) in my history book just for science that happens Feb 1978-now. Synthetic biology had it's first conference in 2004, in my graduate school experience(2011) it was one of the topics I studied independently. Simple Crispr and biological circuits. But experts were building fully synthetic organisms then. As of 2024 the first fully synthetic eukaryote was very close to completion. It will have practical uses in the production of better beers and wines.

https://www.genscript.com/synthetic_yeast_genome.html

 

[The Barbarian]

light sensitive cells that help worms avoid light

Cupped cells that help to resolve light and dark areas. First stage in the evolution of complex eyes:

are the kind of anti-eye that meets the evolutionist's need for actual eyes that supposedly evolve since 514 million years is a pretty long time to have nothing but not-eyes.

As you learned, each of these steps are useful to the organisms possessing them.

Meanwhile our skin is also "light sensitive - turning darker with exposure to light -- also "not eyes".

My tan doesn't really give me any information about my surroundings. But if I walk from shade to sun, my body is able to dectect infrared radiation. Your confusion is that eyes are a unique category. There are organisms that lack the light-detecting cells of earthworms, but can still react to light.

The idea that all you get after 514 million years of "evolution" is light-sensitive cells in worms --- is hard to swallow

Because it's wrong. Earthworms, being burrowing animals, don't need complex eyes, such as are found in other worms in their phylum. And the very complex eyes of vertebrates and cephalopods show much greater complexity evolving over that time. As Darwin pointed out, evolution will proceed at different paces, depending on the specific population and its environment. You made up a story and want science to take responsibility for it.

Story telling in the system of creationism is hard to take seriously.

 

[The Barbarian]

If I were an evolutionist I would imagine that whatever someone else imagines - is science fact observed in nature confirming the teaching of evolutionism

The list of predictions that have been confirmed is, as YECs like Kurt Wise admits, huge. Here are a few that were confirmed in my lifetime:

Transitionals between birds and other dinosaurs
Transitionals between stem amphibians and frogs
Transitionals between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Transitionsals between viruses and cellular life.
Reptiles with mammalian jaw joints.
Transitionals between hominids and other apes.
(Long list)
How many more would you like to see?

 

[AaronClaricus]

Another recently discovered endosymbiosis event.

 

[The Barbarian]

You're probably aware that there's at least one directly observed example of endosybiosis evolving.

 

[AaronClaricus]

You're probably aware that there's at least one directly observed example of endosybiosis evolving.

It's particularly common in insects. The more we look the more we find. There's even a new hypothesis that some viruses may be evolved from symbiotic bacteria. Due to the existence of Candidatus Sukunaarchaeum mirabile(dinoflagellate symbiote), it has all the features of a virus but is clearly an archaeal bacteria.

Human blood has 3,000 genomes we don't know the source of.