Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 00:18:03 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>, dave@jetcafe.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <3D79A82B.A67E8686@mindspring.com> References: <20020906183100.N44831-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan>
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"Neal E. Westfall" wrote: > On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > On 2002-09-06 12:43 +0000, Neal E. Westfall wrote: > > > Please name one thing that the theory of evolution has contributed to > > > the prolonging of human life. > > > > An understanding of the characteristics of mutation in virii, and the > > ability to create new vaccines for the new breeds that develop exactly > > as evolutionary theories predict. > > An understanding of the characteristics of mutation in virrii, and > the development of new vaccines are not at all dependent on the > theory of evolution. Mutations != evolution. It is predictive of the mutuations. Among other things, this allows us to use statistics and predictive models to decide which flu to manufacture vaciones for, and which flu to ignore. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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