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  1. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    Fair enough. Thank you for the information. That's very interesting.
  2. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    Interesting indeed. My knowledge of genetics is very (very) limited, but it seems to me that the concept of conserved sequences is predicated on the assumption that some DNA is considered functionally useless - aka "junk" DNA. It also seems to me that if a function cannot be ascertained...
  3. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    Stephen W. Schaeffer (Professor Emeritus of Biology) claims that the theory of common descent has proven useful in identifying so-called conserved sequences in human DNA (if "conserved", such sequences are understood to serve a functional purpose ... as opposed to so-called junk DNA, which is...
  4. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    If no one is aware of any use for the theory of common descent in medical or biological research, it's a fair guess that none exist.
  5. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    Please explain why it's a "contradictory statement".
  6. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    That depends on what you mean by "the theory of evolution", for there are different interpretations of that term. If by "the theory of evolution" you mean the mechanisms of evolution (as your posts suggest), please be advised that I never claimed that the mechanisms of evolution (as listed in...
  7. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    ... none of which depend on the theory that all life on earth evolved from a common ancestor.
  8. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    Please provide an example of how the theory that all life on earth descended from a common ancestor has proven useful in medical science.
  9. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    "According to a 1998 survey of members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), nearly 95% of NAS biologists identify themselves as either atheists or agnostics, a percentage of unbelief far higher than in any other scientific discipline ... Similarly, according to a 2003 Cornell survey of...
  10. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    What I should have said is, all atheist scientists privately believe that the theory of evolution is the truth, but publicly they say they accept ToE as the best available scientific explanation.
  11. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    Exactly. The theory of common descent is irrelevant and useless to medical research and every other form of applied science.
  12. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    ... none of which depends on the theory of common descent (ie, all life on earth descended from a common ancestor).
  13. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    Do germs cause disease?
  14. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    Sure ... according to the theory of common descent ... which is irrelevant to the actual testing on animals. No disease was ever cured by a theory. Physical realities cure diseases, not explanations for why those realities exist.
  15. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    So you're saying, in order for researchers to use animals for test drugs meant for humans, the researchers have to accept the theory that those animals and humans share a common ancestor. Fascinating. I disagree with your claim. I say it's the physical similarities between animals and...
  16. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    The principles of evolution (eg, mutation, natural selection) have certainly proven useful in the production of medicines. You used the term, "the theory of evolution", which I understand to be an explanation of the biological process that allegedly produced the history of life on earth...
  17. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    I also suspect the best available scientific explanation for how Jesus turned water into wine is not even close to the truth. Science is the god of atheism ... aka Scientism.
  18. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    A theory that attempts to describe the process that produced the history of life isn't "exceedingly useful" in producing medications ... it's exceedingly useless.
  19. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    I accept ToE as the best available scientific explanation for the history of life on earth, but unlike your average atheist, I certainly don't accept it as the truth ... on the contrary. I suspect it's not even close to the truth.
  20. Buzzard3

    Icons of Evolution

    Well, that's the mentality of the general populace. They think all those very clever scientists can't possibly be wrong. It's also seems to be the mentality of 99.99% of biologists, who by the time they've graduated from university, have been thoroughly indoctrinated by neo-Darwinism.
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