Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 20:59:23 -0400 From: Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com>, 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: <619CB845-C38F-11D6-8C5E-000393A335A2@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <3D7A3908.41093D70@mindspring.com>
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On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 01:36 PM, Terry Lambert wrote: > "Neal E. Westfall" wrote: >> 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. > > Evolution in this case is merely a useful theory, in that its > applicaiton gives predictive results in the problem domain of > *what* mutations will survive the ambient selection pressures. > > I think we need to create a new list to discuss this properly, so > as to provide a satisfactory answer to your question; I suggest: > > phd-in-epidemiology@freebsd.org > how about clavinsits@freebsd.org? > -- Terry > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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