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To: Heartlander
I would not ridicule any individual who would sacrifice so much for others.

Oh please. Medicine is hardly self-sacrifice, even if it is difficult. And any ridicule is not directed at the medical career, but at ideas that, if implemented across the profession, would have it stagnate. I suppose a general practioner has no requirement for understanding science, but research would come to a screeching halt without a guiding paradigm.

195 posted on 02/21/2004 6:25:42 PM PST by js1138
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To: js1138
And any ridicule is not directed at the medical career, but at ideas that, if implemented across the profession, would have it stagnate.

Natural selection occurs as does random mutations and these are factors in biodiversity and anyone who argues otherwise is foolish.

And if one believes that it is possible for all biodivesity to have occurred via random chance from a single instance of life forming by random chance, and seeks evidence backing up his theory, nobody should stop him.

But if one believes otherwise that doesn't make him illogical or anti-science or a believer in magic. I'd argue that a good scientist would express honest skepticism of the theory -- without rejecting it out of hand, of course.

Some argue that if one expresses skepticism or rejects absolute randomness, one is resorting to "God did it" and forfeits any claim to science.

Once science was predicated on the belief that God did do it and the job of the scientist was to find out how. If God did do it, saying so is a much better model of reality than one claiming all exists by accident.

196 posted on 02/21/2004 6:53:08 PM PST by Tribune7 (Vote Toomey April 27)
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To: js1138
I have seen the sacrifices first hand that the doctor and surgeon makes in school and life.
If you want to continue with this ‘medicine is hardly self-sacrifice, even if it is difficult’ than offer up your occupation for ridicule. I know my current profession isn’t as noble but surely your ‘job’ must be…
As you well know, Darwin couldn’t handle it…
197 posted on 02/21/2004 7:02:02 PM PST by Heartlander
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To: js1138
Medicine is hardly self-sacrifice, even if it is difficult.

You have no clue . . .

205 posted on 02/21/2004 11:15:00 PM PST by realpatriot71 ("But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise . . ." (I Cor. 1:27))
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