Re: [asa] Medicine and Evolution

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Gregory Arago <gregoryarago@yahoo.ca>
wrote:

> Rich Blinne wrote: "Now I am an engineer and even I need to be knowledgable
> about evolution. While I am not a doctor I am a consumer of heath care.
> Evolutionary theory tells me why it is important to finish my antibiotic
> course or why I need another flu shot next year."
>
> With all due respect, Rich, your being an engineer has NOTHING do you with
> your argument. A person could be a street sweeper, a day dreamer or a basket
> case and make the same argument. Everyone SHOULD be aware of their health.
> And so...?
>

Absolutely. The only reason I brought up being an engineer was because the
analogy was made using engineering and one could make a stronger argument
than a doctor that I don't need to be knowledgeable about evolution. So,
what you have done has underlined my argument even more and shown how silly
Egnor's claim really is. If a street sweeper needs to understand evolution
why shouldn't a doctor?

Rich Blinne
Member ASA

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Received on Fri May 30 14:34:15 2008