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Date:      Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:32:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc:        Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>, <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, <dave@jetcafe.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Why did evolution fail?
Message-ID:  <20020906183100.N44831-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan>
In-Reply-To: <20020907002904.GD15779@hades.hell.gr>

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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



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