| Smidlee said: I agree you should read some older evolution books and see just how many failed prediction evolution has made thoughout the years. I doubt Darwin would even recognize his own theory (unlike Issac Newton.) This is the opposite of other science fields , like for engineering. For example books on steam engines 100 years ago maybe out of date because of newer technology yet everything in those old books are still true. The same with books about vaccuum tubes. Trying to nail down evolution is like trying to nail jelly to the wall. That's because evolution is based more on human opinion than hardcore facts. (not stating evolution does not contain any facts but those facts are not what is being questioned) |
That's flawed. Engineering is the application of science. Structures, steam engines & vaccum tubes are all applications derived from our understanding of physics and the physical world. Chemical engineering is the application of chemistry for drug development.
In the same way, what we have learnt from the theory of evolution has been sucessfully applied in the fields of genetic, protein and biochemical engineering. For instance, in my own work I apply knowledge derived from the theory of evolution to mutate a protein in bacterial cells, which will then go on to be used in drug development. A new and efficient system for this will arise in the furture, but the current system and knowledge from books and journals will always work.
