Lois,

Your persistent belief that you are not in actual reality more advanced than
a simple bacterium is admittedly very strong evidence in your favor.

-gts


> > Gordon Wrote:
> > Are you suggesting that bacteria are more advanced than humans because
> > bacteria have been on the earth longer?
> >
> No. The point I was trying to make was that the term
> "advanced" is relative.  One could state that bacteria are
> "advanced" in that they are diverse, complex assemblages of
> organic molecules.  They are "advanced" in that ultimately,
> they gave rise to not only us, but millions upon millions of
> species-and have proven that they will continue to do so.
> It all depends on how you look at something when you lable
> it as "advanced".  Are bacteria advanced in their evolution
> in that they can adapt to the many environmental changes
> that have occured in the life of Earth, and that the
> methanogens, thermoacidophiles and halophiles can survive
> today in conditions that would snuff out all human life?
> That sounds advanced to me, but perhaps not to you. (I dunno
> - seems like a Mars/Venus thing to me.)