metha wrote on Dec 21st, 2009 at 5:07pm:Nylon eating bacteria has nothing to do with the bacteria evolving. We discover new things that we can digest too, and it doesn't mean that we just evolved to be able to digest, say, sea shells. It is an adaption in the environment. A new "food" arises and we learn to "use" it. Same thing with the bacteria. It already could digest nylon, and when nylon was introduced, it did.
These flim flam people, are telling students this is a major "proof" of evolution. They neglect to tell these gullible students that nylon is mostly carbon, and bacteria lives off carbon based matter.
The3y also neglect to tell them that bacteria never evolves, it adapts as needed to survive just like all creatures do.
There is no programming in creatures to evolve. They are only programmed to adapt and survive as the same creatures.
Survival is the only obvious cause in the genome.
Evolution is not part of any creature.
Diamond is 100% carbon. You have any bacteria to show us that eat diamond?