Termites

TheWolf

The challenge is for ANYONE to explain to me this "miracle" in terms of evolution. Your explanation must be based on scientific evidence and not opinions. If you succeed, i will devote my life to being an evolutinist and argue for it.

By the way, dont bother saying anything if it is not related, as i will assume you have automatically failed the challenge. This includes spam, flames, swears, insults etc etc etc.....

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No one can help feeling surprised at the sight of a termite nest erected on the ground by termites. These nests are architectural wonders, rising as high as 5 or 6 metres.

When you compare the size of a termite and its nest, you will see that the termite has successfully completed an architectural project about 300 times bigger than itself. But what is even more astonishing is that the termites are blind.

A person who has never seen the huge nests built by blind termites would probably think that they are made up of sand piles heaped upon each other. However, a termite nest proves to be of a marvellous design incomprehensible to the human mind: inside there are intersecting tunnels, corridors, ventilation systems, special fungus production yards and safety exits.

If you assemble thousands of blind people and give them all kinds of technical tools, you can never make them set up a nest similar to the one made by the termite colony. So, just think:

- How could a termite measuring 1-2 cm. in length have learnt the architectural and engineering information needed to make such a subtle design?

- How could thousands of blind termites manage to work in harmony to build this construction which is an artistic wonder?

-If you divide a termite nest into two during the first stages of its construction, and then reunite it, you will see that all passage-ways, canals and roads fit each other. How can this miraculous event be explained?

(Of course the bigger miracle is how your average builder, with perfectly good eyesight, and not to mention several thousand years of architectural and engineering inheritance behind him, can still put on a roof that leaks when it rains...ffs )

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[This message has been edited by TheWolf (edited 11-07-2001).]

Manach

A - The building of termite mounds
My one minute guess on this is. The individual termite would have no master architectural plan. Instead are hardwired into the brain a few simple instructions such as if the passage is blocked, remove impediment or build at a 45 degree angle till for 10 minutes etc. From these commands, a basic mound could be built. This would have the optimal design but would show no variations from termite moulds in any locality. Termites would have evolved thus over the 10s of millions of their existence.


B- Belief in evolution.
Don't. One doesn't believe in Gravity or the 2nd law of Thermodynamics. These are important scientific concepts but are not the basis for Man's belief. Try humanity or God or even yourself to devote your life to.