bimmylee on 15 December 2009
Endosymbiotic theory is far from foolproof.
There is no way for Mitochondria to live outside of the cell. There is also no way to prove that they ever did. Stating similarities proves nothing. The burden of proof is on the one making the claim; in this case, it is you with the claim that Mitochondria were once their own cells. It is impossible to prove this, because there is no record of it ever happening; if you actually tried to test it, you would lose every time.
If you have to make yourself feel better with cowardly attacks on one's level of education, of which you know nothing, then so be it. How big of you.
