Comments on: Australia: Proof that there is no god

By: Fran Barlow

Fran Barlow — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:03:07 +0000

No monotremes? – what is the spiny anteater then?

and its Miocene-era relative, the Platypus?

By: John Monfries

John Monfries — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:33:13 +0000

I could not pick up from this who was the author of the video.

The voice closely resembles the dulcet tones of that professional gadfly John Safran, however.

No monotremes? – what is the spiny anteater then?

As others have said, new species *have* emerged in recent times. Anyway, expecting large numbers of new species during a tiny sliver of geological time is like saying of a sequoia:
“That’s weird. In recent years this tree has grown no new branches, only twigs and leaves.”

By: Vince Whirlwind

Vince Whirlwind — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:48:43 +0000

“The extinction of animal species in the present day proves that evolution is wrong.”
Honestly, some people are as thick as two short planks. We’re lucky in Australia – although I’m sure we have just as many spectacularly stupid people as you do in the USA, here they seem to keep their appalling ignorance to themselves and we rarely have to cope with their inane opinions.

For Joseph Davy’s benefit:
In 1905, Hugo De Vries documented a mutation of Oenothera lamarckiana which he named Oenothera gigas.

And a Nereis speciation is described here:
http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/annelida/1996-March/000208.html

This is a tiny fraction of the facts you will need to acquire *before* advancing any more of your fact-free opinions.

By: Azkyroth

Azkyroth — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:22:57 +0000

Proof that there is no God.

“God” as defined is held to be benevolent and responsible for the development of humans as they are. Mid-orgasm coughing fits are physically possible. QED.

By: teabagger4lyfe

teabagger4lyfe — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:05:37 +0000

Ever heard about aids or swine flue?

Same kind. Virus is a virus… unless that swine flu is half swine/half virus, and we all know that’s just absurd.

By: sailor

sailor — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:07:16 +0000

“No new species have emerged in the last six thousand years”

Ever heard about aids or swine flue?

By: Joseph Davy

Joseph Davy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:14:16 +0000

The extinction of animal species in the present day proves that evolution is wrong. These animals are not surviving, they are dying at a rapid rate. No new species have emerged in the last six thousand years. All so called mutations have not advantaged there kind leaving us with the extinction of species.

By: The Science Pundit

The Science Pundit — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:34:51 +0000

He forgot about Austalia’s monotremes.