[TheForge] top of food chain ( was Re: (no subject) OT )

[peter fels]

Hi Terry;
On Apr 21, 2011, at 5:31 PM, terry l. ridder wrote:

> hello peter;
> 
> it is exactly our misapplication of antibiotics that has given the world
> and humanity an example of darwin's theory of evolution in full-blown
> reality ( and yes i do know that reality does suck. ) . classic case of
> survival of the fit. the bugs which survive the onslaught of antibiotics
> are the strongest one and should survive according to darwin. this leads
> to humanity being its own worst enemy. it is the misapplication of
> antibiotics which has created the very element of our future demise.

Probably not...but it sure might thin us out a lot.
Through most of humanities' existence, there were no antibiotics, of course.
> 
> the world would be a nice if it was not for the humans.

"Nice" is a human value.
There would be no NICE without people.
Evaluate folks one at a time...They vary wildly.
> 
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2011, peter fels wrote:
> 
>> Hi Terry:
>> Like gravity; the microbes always win in the end.
>> Given the fast generational turnover, mutation rates, and genetic material swapping,
>> They hardly need any help from Fort Dettrick.
>> Almost all of what bio-science can do , has been done by Ma nature long ago.
>> The MRSA bugs, for example,  did it without our assistance
>> ( If you ignore our stupid misapplication of antibiotics).
>> 
> 
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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