The first real intelligent design experiment

Even the nitrogen started out as atmospheric nitrogen that was 'fixed' (processed into ammonium and nitrate compounds by soil bacteria). Since you seem to think you know what the heck "filtered properties made of the solid trees" are, perhaps you can explain it to the rest of us. I'm guessing that CD's brain is made from the filtered properties of solid %*^*$(*.

I remember reading about an English nobleman who did an experiment in the mid 1700's to test the then common notion that trees do grow from the dust of the earth. He planted a seedling in a large pot of earth and let it grow over several years into a large tree. He then compared the weight of the mature tree to the loss of weight of the soil in the pot and determined that the 'dust of the earth' contributed only a small fraction to the substance of the tree. He (erroneously) concluded that most of the weight of the tree must come from the water that he added at frequent intervals, this being long before CO2 and photosynthesis were discovered. For the life of me I cannot recollect the name of the gentleman, but this was certainly a very advanced scientific experiment for its time, acknowledging the conservation of matter, challenging an hypothesis with empirical evidence, and showing extreme patience and persistence (I think it took about 20 years to grow the tree).All this might indicate that CD may not be the crispiest fry in the McDonald's bag.Edited by AnswersInGenitals, : No reason given.Edited by AnswersInGenitals, : No reason given.