Scientists Make Fish Grow "Hands" in [Evolution] Experiment

So what conclusion are we to assume from this experiment? Does this experiment actually modal how evolution works? The concept of Evolution is something that happens naturally over time for life to adapt to its environment for the sake of survival.

This experiment does not show the process of Evolution, but maybe something greater! That intelligent beings can and probably have in the past as well, manipulated DNA to change life forms into something more advanced.

Creationism + Evolutionism + Intelligent Design = Interventionism


Edit: Not sure if this experiment is actually real or not, but my conclusion to any experiment where scientist Intervene in the natural genetics of a specimen can only prove interventionism not evolutionism.

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Evidence please? Other than "we can mess with genetics, so someone must have done it to us!"

We are not designed particularly intelligently.

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It's quite real and the point was to try to find out what gene may have led to the transition from fin to foot.
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Originally posted by v0ice0freas0n
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Evidence please? Other than "we can mess with genetics, so someone must have done it to us!"

We are not designed particularly intelligently.

Are you serious? The evidence was the experiment itself. Again, real or not, we know that scientist are playing with genetics, so even if this is not a real story, there are others that are.

Now, if the experiment is being used to help prove the theory of Evolution, then its a fail because it took a scientist to "Intervene" in the genetic code to create the mutation. It didn't happen naturally, so the only thing this experiment and others like it, are demonstrating the theory of Intervention not Evolution.

Does this mean I do not support Evolution? No, I believe in evolution, just over long periods of time when things need to adapt to their environment, mainly for the purpose of survival.

Does this mean I do not believe in Creationism? No, I believe that, while things do evolve over time, it doesn't explain why this happens or why there's life in the first place.

Ok, so if Evolution proves life does mutate to adapt over long periods of time. Interventionism proves that intelligent beings (Humans, Aliens, God etc...) can manipulate life to mutate quicker. Then the only piece missing from the equation is Creationism: What created everything, gave it order, design and a purpose.

This is why I state all are true with this formula: Creationism (God or Source of creation) + Evolution (Ability to adapt) + Intervention Theory (God, Aliens, Humans as catalyst for rapid evolution) = Intelligent Design (there is a method to the madness).

Now, I did catch the mistake in my original formula and fixed it above. My original point was the experiment demonstrates Intervention Theory. My formula was meant to show that in the end there is Intelligent Design behind the process.

Now, Your quote, "We are not designed particularly intelligently", while this is your opinion and jokingly I would agree at times. However, I ask you to define "Intelligently" or in that matter "Intelligence". In order define it, we must use something to compare it with so it can be measurable. If we take the most "Intelligent" life form that we have actual proof of, what would it be? Man, dolphin, monkey...?

Let's just take Man for argument sake. Even though we may be able to dabble in genetics and robotics, we as a human species cannot replicate or recreate the order in which all things are able to live, reproduce, adapt, heal itself, have feelings, the ability to learn and have understanding...etc.

Now if that's not intelligent design, then the word intelligent has no meaning and should be removed from the dictionary and all verbal language for it not measurable and therefore cannot be used for comparison. Which means we are not having a discussion right now about this since there is nothing to talk about.

Logic tells us otherwise, hence Intelligence Design is real.