TripleXBullies
Senior Member
String, you referred to two things several times.
1 - something along the lines of e.coli losing material the that makes it e.coli
2 - a human with no arms is still a human or a whale with remnants of hip bones is still a whale.
It seems like you're trying to have it both ways. If e.coli loses some of what makes it e.coli then it's not e.coli any more. Maybe it's just e.c? If it's still e.coli then it had no need for that material. It just dropped what was unnecessary.
What we have seen in nature is where some section of a species of lizards gets trapped in a cave and after how many years their eyes don't work well any more. Is it still the same lizard as the group that is still outside? I don't know the answer to that question, but I think they'd be classified as different species. If the two were to breed, I doubt the offspring would have full vision. The lizard without full vision, though, while it lost some complexity in vision, it gained some complexity in sensing vibrations and smell. Those complexities are genetic. I can find the example I'm thinking about if you want.
1 - something along the lines of e.coli losing material the that makes it e.coli
2 - a human with no arms is still a human or a whale with remnants of hip bones is still a whale.
It seems like you're trying to have it both ways. If e.coli loses some of what makes it e.coli then it's not e.coli any more. Maybe it's just e.c? If it's still e.coli then it had no need for that material. It just dropped what was unnecessary.
What we have seen in nature is where some section of a species of lizards gets trapped in a cave and after how many years their eyes don't work well any more. Is it still the same lizard as the group that is still outside? I don't know the answer to that question, but I think they'd be classified as different species. If the two were to breed, I doubt the offspring would have full vision. The lizard without full vision, though, while it lost some complexity in vision, it gained some complexity in sensing vibrations and smell. Those complexities are genetic. I can find the example I'm thinking about if you want.