From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Sep 6 18:33: 4 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 C61EB37B400 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:33:02 -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 4BEE343E88 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:33:02 -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 g871WvGd045069; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:32:57 -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 g871WvqF045066; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:32:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Tolstoy.home.lan: nwestfal owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:32:57 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neal E. Westfall" X-X-Sender: nwestfal@Tolstoy.home.lan To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: Joshua Lee , , , Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? In-Reply-To: <20020907002904.GD15779@hades.hell.gr> Message-ID: <20020906183100.N44831-100000@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: > On 2002-09-06 12:43 +0000, Neal E. Westfall wrote: > > > Lots of decent biology is done with it, some of which might be even used > > > to lengthen your ingrate life. ;-) > > > > 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. > > There you go... 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. Neal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message