[Jim Noble]

Right.

Evolution, in one sense is trivial. You can make Staph aureus methicillin resistant in a few generations.

In another sense, however, it’s ridiculous. You can’t turn Staph aureus into E. coli in a million generations.

[gundog]

Could you conceive of a common ancestor of both?

[central_va]

You’d think by now scientist could play God and recreate the first living single cell creatures(bacteria?) from inorganic materials in the lab. I even throw in a few amino acid chains into the mix as a head start.

[Gritty]

You can’t turn Staph aureus into E. coli in a million generations.

Neither could you turn a rock into an eyeball.