From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Sep 7 13:14: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C656C37B400 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 13:13:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from directvinternet.com (dsl-65-185-140-165.telocity.com [65.185.140.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55DFC43E65 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 13:13:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nwestfal@directvinternet.com) Received: from Tolstoy.home.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by directvinternet.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g87KCeGd066065; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 13:12:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nwestfal@directvinternet.com) Received: from localhost (nwestfal@localhost) by Tolstoy.home.lan (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with ESMTP id g87KCdf3066062; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 13:12:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Tolstoy.home.lan: nwestfal owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 13:12:39 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neal E. Westfall" X-X-Sender: nwestfal@Tolstoy.home.lan To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? In-Reply-To: <20020907014049.GD16913@hades.hell.gr> Message-ID: <20020907131116.W44831-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Giorgos Keramidas 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. > > On the very contrary. Evolution can only go forth through mutation. > Please do read Darwin's ``Origin of the Species'' again. Ahem. Evolution *requires* mutations to function, i.e. is *driven* by mutations. But the fact that mutations occur does not prove evolution. Mutations and evolution are two different things. Neal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message