Secondary Addiction Part III: Ann Coulter on Evolution

Talk Reason ^ | James Downard

[Virginia-American]

[inducing chickens to growth teeth]

na, just shows teeth are part of chickens genetic programming that can be activated if the right switch is activated. pretty ingenious if you ask me.

And when do you think the switch will be activated, and in response to what environmental stimulus? At the present time, there is no selective pressure to maintain the necessary genes against random disruption. What's going to preserve the genes until they're needed?

You know, there are a few other animals with interesting tooth development. One is the platypus. The babies have teeth in their jaws, but they never erupt. Another one is baleen whales who erupt teeth in the fetus which are absorbed before birth.

I have a hard time imagining baleen whales ever evolving into something that uses teeth, but I guess it's possible.

Isn't just the damnedest coincidence that all of these toothless animals had toothed ancestors? And in the toothed mammals we see an example of recapitulation.

[flevit]

to purposeful and intelligently programmed to be a coincidence.

as you state, the ability for teeth is already programmed in to many falsely called 'toothless' animals. the programming for teeth is already there only needs to be 'activated'. not gaining or developing any thing new.

[VadeRetro]

Good friend, for Jesus´ sake forbeare
To digg the dust enclosed here!
Blest be ye man that spares thes stones
And curst be he that moues my bones.

[tallhappy]

This is the point.

Forbear is archaic language.

Typical of the pseudo intellectual silliness that goes on on these threads.

People trying to sound pompous. They probably talk in pseudo enlglish accents.

[VadeRetro]

Aroint thee, rump-fed runion!