Moontanman

There is a bacterium that evolved in the 20th century to eat nylon, is what you are asking?

Actually the "baby" in question did indeed survive and is still an extremely muscular child, why did you assume the baby wouldn't live?

Obviously you did not watch the videos I suggested so I suggest you search the forum to see just how wrong you are...., it's all been done before and before and before to the point of nausea but obviously you didn't bother to search for the definitions of Theory or Hypothesis, preferring instead to simply claim disbelief due to to your own refusal to believe... what ever

Well then if it was so easy to find those definitions then why did you come here and ask the questions....

No you are now distorting the ideas your self, a theory is a body of facts supported by evidence, often, as in the Theory of Evolution the evidence is totally overwhelming, in science this is what a theory is not something supported by minimal evidence, a theory might start out like that but in science a theory is the best you can do, i think you want someone to tell that something like the big bang or evolution is a fact but in science evidence support facts and facts are what support theories not the theories themselves.

Either you are confused or your teacher was simply ignorant of the real definitions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis Big Bang was originally used as a term of derision to make fun of the people who first proposed the idea the Universe was expanding, the term caught on but it was not an explosion as we know it here on the Earth.

No problem. lets get to it! The big bang was not an explosion, it was an expansion of space-time, you are correct there was no oxygen, not even atoms as we know them for quite some time after the BB. Your incredulity doesn't make it not true, I do not have the time to explain this in detail but this series of videos by potholer54 (the "Made Easy" series) explains it in a very concise and easy to understand manner far better than I ever could no matter how much time I had. http://www.youtube.com/user/potholer54#p/c/DB23537556D7AADB/24/a7u-KsaBlbg Again, watch the made easy series and see if they help you on this but these question have been made and answered many times on this forum. But your ideas on what a theory and a hypothesis is are totally off the mark I suggest you google those terms...

Ok, every one is making some assumptions here and we need to weed them out, first of all I was assuming that parasites was referring to multi-cellular organisms not bacteria, (my bad) the bacteria on dead meat cannot really be termed parasites, they are like opportunistic scavengers, a parasitic bacteria would be one that causes disease like diphtheria, E coli is really a commensal organism that occasionally becomes disease producing for various reasons but we could not live with out our commensal bacteria. The bacteria that live on dead or rotting meat produce the poisons as a defense mechanism to protect their food source, in other words to keep other animals from eating it, unless you want to call a Lion or a Hyena that is protecting a kill it scavenged a parasite I think it is incorrect to call them parasites. A disease on the other hand implies a Bacteria that seeks out other living organisms and colonizes them. For the most part this is not true of the bacteria that feed on dead organisms (there are of course exceptions but generally not in this context, anthrax comes to mind immediately) If you think you are getting fresh raw fish in your sushi then you should not eat it. Most seafood unless you happen to live very near where it is caught is frozen, tuna and many other fish is almost always frozen before it comes to market, I am familiar with fish markets and fish, especially big ocean going fish are often frozen, generally it is frozen on board the fishing boats before it ever gets to port. Most other fish is frozen the same way unless you live where the fish is caught and are dealing with small scale fishermen. On the other hand there are fish that are unlikely to have these parasites but it is not a 100% sure thing. Eating raw fish is especially dangerous due to many parasites that live in fish that include mammals as part of their life cycle and we are mammals... It is correct that neither mercury or tetrodotoxin is removed by freezing, I bolded the significant passages in the quote i sent in my post. I did not mean to insinuate they would be removed by freezing, on the other hand cooking does not remove mercury, I do not have any information about tetrodotoxin in that context but i wouldn't want to chance it. So before we really discuss we need to make sure we are all on the same page, what are talking about when we say parasites? btw very little tuna is farmed, almost all of it is wild caught. I never claimed that freezing kills all microorganisms, it obviously does not, in fact some bacteria can continue to grow at below freezing temperatures, all though very slowly. I do not see how my quote disputes the wild meat vs farmed meat idea, can you point it out? I do eat raw beef and or lamb occasionally but i prefer to sear the outside and leave the inside cold and raw but these meats are inspected to make sure they do not contain parasites (I hope... ) BTW, beef tastes much better after it has aged (think partially rotten ) I would not eat raw chicken because they live in a commensal relation ship with salmonella and that is a problem if the meat is accidentally exposed to the contents of the gut. Of course I live on the sea coast and eat raw oysters regularly and it is safe to assume I am infected with hepatitis b, something like 40% of the population on the coast is infected by that organism. We all eat lots of things we make many false assumptions about.... and BTW trichinosis is not a bacterium...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi

Care to back that up with some evidence other than your raptorbrained assertion?

I've seen no such problem among nudists... Sex is seen as separate from nudity, no such desexualization occurs, nudity is just not the basis of sexuality among nudists. Again I've observed no such problem among nudists, the problem you suggest is seen among clothed societies but not nudists....

You might duplicate a brain but you couldn't duplicate the experiences, thoughts, and emotions that make you ... you, transplanting a new brain in a body would mean the death of the old brain and the person, i see no reason to to that. you might be able to transplant a brain into a new body but it would be the person who's brain was transplanted, not the person the body was...

Well first off almost all if not all tuna is wild caught not specially raised and freezing kills the parasites, yes sushi is frozen and thawed before it is served to you. But farm raised animals all have antibiotic resistant bacteria in them and humans can eat freshly killed meat, and yes wild meat, but if it sits very long you have to sear the outside to kill bacteria but the inside is still raw and quite tasty and safe to eat. I'd have to see something other than a chief told me to believe your assertions about raw meat, humans can indeed eat raw meat, they often do but it's often tough and difficult to chew but we can eat it as long as it's not too rotted.

That's a rather strong assertion, do you have any supporting evidence of this?

Only the weak ones

Why does the Earth orbit a point that is exactly where the sun was 8 minutes ago? or is it will be in 8 minutes? I know it's not where we see the sun now... well ask and ye shall receive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_gravity

Ummm, you don't really believe that do you? I'd eat a wild animal, freshly killed, raw, way faster than anything farm raised... Hmmm oysters and hepatitis B....

maybe the "after man" civilization will be social spiders.....

If I have to wear a label I would prefer progressive... but following one path just because others say it is the path offends me....

I eat raw beef quite often, humans can indeed eat raw meat, I eat raw fish, shellfish, eggs, I've never tried raw chicken, to be honest it smells nasty to me, but raw lamb is good but raw pork often contains parasites or that is what is claimed...

We might not know exactly how... yet... but we know enough that there is no need to invoke Gods or space aliens....

So then, before humans discovered the scientific methods we were just animals?

Many people "know" many things that are not real in any sense of the word, I think there is no line between animals and humans because humans are animals. If you know where that line is i suggest you tell us instead of assuming we all "know" something when in fact you cannot possibly "know" what "One" knows any more than I can....

Really? Just where is that line?

Ok, I have to ask, if indeed the Superluminous neutrino's turn out to be real what would it mean for all of us regular people? Would GR collapse like a house of cards or would it fit in in some way? Would it mean FTL travel is possible or that FTL information transfer was possible? If it did indeed indicate that such a transfer of information was possible would it just be like finding out that light is faster than sound? i once read, someplace, that if FTL particles were possible then it wouldn't be anymore "terrible" than finding out about light if you were blind and thought sound was the fastest possible transfer of information or would it be more profound than that? ! Moderator Note Merged with existing thread