Book review of Nature\'s I.Q. (Evolution)

by David Turell , Friday, August 21, 2009, 17:08 (5371 days ago) @ David Turell
edited by unknown, Friday, August 21, 2009, 17:28

Not from the book, but an amazing, just reported, discovery of sea worms who release glowing 'bombs' to confuse predators. Nature's IQ is wonderful. How did evolution do this one? Think about it. Did the bombs appear all at once or in tiny steps? What would be a tiny step? Early in the process of development whatever was released had to be beneficial and act as a deterrent. All at once seems to fit best, but we will never know. It is hard to fit Darwin's concepts into some of this stuff. How many mutations are needed to create this? - My point is simple: life is filled with seemingly endless phenomena that look designed and purposeful. How much has to be discovered before evidence for design becomes overwhelming? - http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2009/08/worms_wiggling_with_weapons_wa.html - And here is another complex symbiotic relationship between aphids, the bacteria they carry, the viruses infecting the bacteria, and protection and/or non-protection from wasps, who like to deposit growing larvae in aphids. - http://www.physorg.com/news169996651.html - Read this carefully. It is so convoluted a story, it can be confusing.