From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Sep 6 18:40:56 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 785D537B400 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:40:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 892A343E65 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:40:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-b137.otenet.gr [212.205.244.145]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g871eo7f024054; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 04:40:51 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g871eocf017354; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 04:40:50 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g871enER017353; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 04:40:49 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 04:40:49 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Neal E. Westfall" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <20020907014049.GD16913@hades.hell.gr> References: <20020907002904.GD15779@hades.hell.gr> <20020906183100.N44831-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020906183100.N44831-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> X-PGP-Fingerprint: C1EB 0653 DB8B A557 3829 00F9 D60F 941A 3186 03B6 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 In message: <20020906183100.N44831-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> "Neal E. Westfall" wrote: > On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > On 2002-09-06 12:43 +0000, Neal E. Westfall wrote: > > > 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. On the very contrary. Evolution can only go forth through mutation. Please do read Darwin's ``Origin of the Species'' again. - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message