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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
These simpletons say that single-celled animals evolved into everytihng. I ask, focused example now, how does a single celled animal that splits to reproduce become Sebastian Dangerfield who has a penis that ejects fertilizing sperm, usually into Kleenex, but on occasion into a mate, and someday resulting in offspring.
What possible mutation could cause that change?
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Simple. First you have a mutation (or series of mutations) which create single celled organisms that instead of drifting apart stay stuck together. In the particular environment in which these cells reside, that provides an advantage in collecting resources.
A second mutation enters, which allows that later generations from that organism will differentiate depending on where they are within the structure. Improbable? Yes, but in the context of a reproductive cycle of less than a day, streched over 2-3 billion years, it becomes somewhat more likely. True organ generation is simply a refinement at this point.
Serious, Hank, this is 9th grade biology. Ever seen a coral? A sponge? A flatworm?
You would test by creating a hypothesis and then observing the world to see if that hypothesis is empirically confirmed or denied. The fact that a test is not double blind does not make it scientifically invalid (nor does that fact make faith a scientifically valid test). But this is neither here nor there; there exists plenty of controlled studies demonstrating evolution.
Contrast this to the sheer offensiveness of creationism: if your body was designed intellegently, the designer wasn't very bright. Our knees are stupid. Ankles? you've got to be kidding me. Bipedal locomotion? Seriously? Five fingers seems pretty arbitrary, especially in whales. Bilateral symetry is pretty dumb for many ecological niches.
