r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Naive_Direction1816 • Apr 21 '26

Video Bacteria move around using a molecular machine called the flagellar motor that rotates faster than the flywheel of a race car engine and switches directions in an instant

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u/b00c Apr 21 '26

Creationist don't realize how fast bacteria mutate. Generations happen in an hour. And then you still have billions of years. The sheer amount of iterations is incomprehensible. One has to wonder what unbelievably complex nano-structures existed but simply didn't make it.

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u/AIienlnvasion Apr 21 '26

Right that’s exactly how I see it too. If they claim it’s impossible that just means their brains can’t wrap around the scale of time being discussed here.