Can anyone offer feedback on the following statement:
> evolutionary theory has little proven
>relevance to the actual day-to-conduct conduct of modern science,
What about the development of antibiotics, the classification of
organisms, etc? Can you give me a concrete explanation of how
evolutionary theory is used in applied scientific/biological/medical
endeavors? And the statements, "You are going to have to give me some
pretty strong evidence that formulating medicines, vaccines, and pest
controls "depends" in any way upon the evolutionary theory like
engineering depends upon the laws of physics. Are you saying that
there are actually medicines, vaccines, and pesticides that could not
have been developed if the general theory of evolution were wrong?"
Now this discourse above also fails to distinguish between macro and
microevolution. I would say that microevolution and natural selection
are involved in the understanding and development of things like
antobiotics. But there is a fine line between where micro stops and
macro begins, particularly with primitive organisms.
Any feedback?
Thanks! Wendee
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~~ Wendee Holtcamp -- wendee@greendzn.com ~~
~~ Environment/Travel/Science Writer ~~ www.greendzn.com ~~
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