Comments on: The Resiliency of Life http://telicthoughts.com/the-resiliency-of-life/ An independent blog about intelligent design Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:47:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Bilbo http://telicthoughts.com/the-resiliency-of-life/#comment-193369 Bilbo Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:32:47 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/the-resiliency-of-life/#comment-193369 <blockquote><strong>MG</strong>:Of course, it is best to wait for the paper to eventually come out, but assuming this is all sound, a question arises. Is this ability to survive by basically keep things going at a level sufficient for reproduction every few thousand years an adapatation? Or is it a pre-adaptation?</blockquote> How would we go about discovering the answer?

MG:Of course, it is best to wait for the paper to eventually come out, but assuming this is all sound, a question arises. Is this ability to survive by basically keep things going at a level sufficient for reproduction every few thousand years an adapatation? Or is it a pre-adaptation?

How would we go about discovering the answer?

]]> By: nobody http://telicthoughts.com/the-resiliency-of-life/#comment-193358 nobody Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:11:13 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/the-resiliency-of-life/#comment-193358 <blockquote>Their metabolism was barely enough to preserve their DNA, and they'd have had enough energy to divide only once in thousands of years. "We know that they had survived for at least 120,000 years," Loveland-Curtze said in an e-mail message. </blockquote> That's certainly a brilliant design! I would love to learn how this DNA compares to the DNA of other bacteria. Please pardon me, but I'm going to take your question about adaptation on a different tangent. I have to wonder if the tiny size is a result of adapting to survive in such a brutal environment. Will they grow larger now that they're in a lab?

Their metabolism was barely enough to preserve their DNA, and they'd have had enough energy to divide only once in thousands of years.

"We know that they had survived for at least 120,000 years," Loveland-Curtze said in an e-mail message.

That's certainly a brilliant design! I would love to learn how this DNA compares to the DNA of other bacteria.

Please pardon me, but I'm going to take your question about adaptation on a different tangent. I have to wonder if the tiny size is a result of adapting to survive in such a brutal environment. Will they grow larger now that they're in a lab?

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