Re: Van Valen's MAXIMAND


Tim Tyler <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> > JE:-
> > I agree that biomass has absolutely increased over time. I don't
think
> > anybody disagrees. However I have never seen any study that verifies
> > your claim that "the largest organisms that ever lived are alive
today"
> > or that "more biomass than ever before is locked up in large
> > organisms". It appears to me that "on the face of it" more biomass
than
> > ever before was locked up in large organisms over the reign of the
Dinos
> > and not "today".

> It's true for animals: the largest species of animal that ever lived
is
> the blue whale - alive today - e.g.:
> ``The Blue Whale is not only the largest animal in the world today, it
is
> the largest animal that ever lived, bigger even than the
dinosaurs.''
> - http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/animals/species/4024.html

JE:-
What does this prove?

> TT:-
> In general, the largest organisms are not animals - they are plants
and
> fungi. These dwarf dinosuars.

JE:-
No proof exists that anybody can tell an individual from a colony. The
gene centric view that all clones are the same organism is biologically
false.

Regards,

John Edser
Independent Researcher

PO Box 266
Church Pt
NSW 2105
Australia

edser@xxxxxxxxxx




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