At 09:58 AM 8/18/00 -0700, Ted wrote:
[...]
> > TH>However, an artificial setting is a different story, yes. And,
> > >strangely enough, that's where abiogenesis research is taking
> > >place today :)
> >
> > Tedd makes it sound like it is new. In fact a "abiogenesis research" has
> > been "taking place" in laboratories since at least *1953*, i.e. 47 years
> > (!) and no life has yet emerged spontaneously.
>
> Well, gosh, medical research has been going on since the *1800*s,
> i.e. 200 years (!) and we still can't cure the common cold.
> I guess we ought to give up know and just conclude God created
> Viral Rhinitis to make life difficult for us? :)
IMHO, any reasonable appreciation of the history of science indicates
that abiogenesis research is still in its infancy. About mechanics,
Rene Dugas writes:
"... there are few sciences which have required so much
thought -- the conquest of a few axioms has taken more
than 2000 years."
-- Rene Dugas, <A History of Mechanics>, Dover, 1988.
Brian Harper
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
The Ohio State University
"One never knows, do one?"
-- Fats Waller
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