1. Artificial Life Likely in 3 to 10 Years

Comment #64522 by el.kundo on August 20, 2007 at 12:56 pm

scooternyc, you said

Do you not think you've evolved from the age of 8 years old to who you are today?

I hate to break it to you, but THAT'S EVOLUTION.

sorry, but I must correct you here. this isn't evolution, it's development. evolution in a scientific sense (which, I assume is the one we're talking about) takes far more time than a couple of years and changes a species but not a certain individual.

2. Artificial Life Likely in 3 to 10 Years

Comment #64387 by el.kundo on August 19, 2007 at 10:46 pm

bizarro,

you said

what scientific evidence is there to suggest that the first life was the result of the process used to create artificial life?

There's none, I suppose. But that's not the point here. even if the way the scientists use to create life isn't the way it happend on earth some billion years ago, at least these experiments show, that a process of such a kind is possible. And, I think there are even good reasons to suggest that the "real" abiogenesis was quite similar to the one in a lab.

Notice how intelligent design isn't called supernatural design. I only argue that life reflects an intelligent force of will. I believe this Will to be the God of the Bible

Come on, everybody knows that ID is just creationism in disguise. the followers of these ideas just try eagerly to avoid any mentioning of god to keep a scientific touch. but when it comes down to "what/who is this intelligent force?" their answer is god, as is yours.

The main achievement of such experiments would be to show, that no supernatural intervention is necessary to create life on earth, no matter how the real process looked like.