Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 08:38:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.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: <20020907083655.K44831-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <3D79A82B.A67E8686@mindspring.com>
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On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > 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. *How* is evolution predictive of the mutations? One doesn't need to be an evolutionist in order to make such predictions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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