Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 20:57:29 -0400 From: Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net> To: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <1D9E168A-C38F-11D6-8C5E-000393A335A2@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20020907131116.W44831-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan>
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On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 04:12 PM, Neal E. Westfall wrote: > > > 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. > Mutation is a mechanism of evolution. Evolution is the process. One could make the leap of faith that since we mutate over time and these mutations change the species we evolve... --Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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