tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post3212592190886620934..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Darwin bicentennialSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-27122426522499985842009-01-22T16:22:00.000-05:002009-01-22T16:22:00.000-05:00How is it obvious? If it isn't obvious to you, I d...How is it obvious? If it isn't obvious to you, I don't know if it can be explained.<BR/><BR/>Developing anti-retroviral drugs $100 billion<BR/><BR/>Giving three medications instead of one $0.<BR/><BR/>Knowing evolutionary theory is the totally useless toy of academic parasites PRICELESS.<BR/><BR/>Does any drug company employ an evolutionary theorist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-79872747308654698612009-01-22T03:06:00.000-05:002009-01-22T03:06:00.000-05:00directed to Anonymous @ 11:16how would pragmatists...directed to Anonymous @ 11:16<BR/><BR/>how would pragmatists have known how to treat HIV without an understanding of evolution? How is the cocktail idea "obvious" without ANY understanding of evolution?valiance.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02072370158412284072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-67915375922787086332009-01-18T14:16:00.000-05:002009-01-18T14:16:00.000-05:00"mind-numbingly obtuse"This is a good adjective fo..."mind-numbingly obtuse"<BR/><BR/>This is a good adjective for theoretical scientists.<BR/><BR/>"Are interplanetary spacecraft no technological achievement at all because they don't have any obvious relevance to societal problems down here on Earth?"<BR/><BR/>You got it. They are merely very expensive entertainment.<BR/><BR/>GPS can be done as well without GR.<BR/><BR/>"This was discovered by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-57992748312971760992009-01-18T13:42:00.000-05:002009-01-18T13:42:00.000-05:00I think that a distinction should be made between ...I think that a distinction should be made between natural selection and evolution. While the former could be thought of as a local optimization problem the latter is more general. Kimura's neutral evolution scheme is a perfectly viable means for evolution and there is no optimization. Evolution could occur just by diffusion. <BR/><BR/>Actually, the triple cocktail treatment for AIDs works Carson C. Chowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08464737817585277975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-83050677499365635182009-01-17T22:42:00.000-05:002009-01-17T22:42:00.000-05:00"As a pragmatist, I say and [sic] understanding of...<EM>"As a pragmatist, I say and </EM>[sic]<EM> understanding of anything which is completely useless is no understanding at all."</EM> -- Anonymous (9:40 AM)<BR/><BR/>Countless understandings have been achieved in science which are of no practical (pragmatic) use except, in many cases, to other scientists.<BR/><BR/>Overlooking for the moment the mind-numbing obtuseness of the remark quoted aboveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-83130897553266624642009-01-17T21:08:00.000-05:002009-01-17T21:08:00.000-05:00"infectious diseases? cancer? both are phenomena t..."infectious diseases? cancer? both are phenomena that are described the 'theory of evolution'."<BR/><BR/>This is an infuriatingly simple-minded answer.<BR/><BR/>Cancer adapts to chemotherapy. <BR/>I know that. <BR/><BR/>Microorganisms adapt to antibiotics. <BR/>I know that. <BR/><BR/>HIV adapts and only by keeping its population low enough can it be prevented from evolving --- why the three drug Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-14996507311453490062009-01-17T20:08:00.000-05:002009-01-17T20:08:00.000-05:00to wit:http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/cancer/c...to wit:<BR/>http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/cancer/cancer_evolution.html<BR/>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v414/n6865/full/414751a.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-77872738500275093022009-01-17T20:03:00.000-05:002009-01-17T20:03:00.000-05:00infectious diseases? cancer? both are phenomena th...infectious diseases? cancer? both are phenomena that are described by the "theory of evolution."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-36536366664082234892009-01-17T12:40:00.000-05:002009-01-17T12:40:00.000-05:00"understanding of evolution"As a pragmatist, I say..."understanding of evolution"<BR/><BR/>As a pragmatist, I say and understanding of anything which is completely useless is no understanding at all.<BR/><BR/>How has "the theory of evolution" made my life better? How is it used?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-2065643424492014112009-01-17T12:05:00.000-05:002009-01-17T12:05:00.000-05:00being familiar with population genetics, molecular...being familiar with population genetics, molecular evolution, and phylogenetics, i can attest that these fields have been long dominated by statisticians and computer scientists or biologists with similar mindsets. however, i would conjecture that many wet biologists have an incomplete understanding of evolution because of a feeling that knowing the general premise of natural selection is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com