[Mamzelle]

Let me tone down my generalization-- Evo is not remotely important to real science.

The science that gives us new medicines, treatments--the science that holds the bridges up as we drive over them--the science that flicks a comet going 100K miles/hr with a craft going 18K miles/hr--the science that is accountable--the science that provides.

The science that really matters.

Evo is just a reasonable story of what may have happened. It accomplishes nothing--nothing important depends on its veracity or its BS.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Evo is not remotely important to real science."

Not only is it important, it IS real science.

"The science that gives us new medicines, treatments--the science that holds the bridges up as we drive over them--the science that flicks a comet going 100K miles/hr with a craft going 18K miles/hr--the science that is accountable--the science that provides."

You're talking about technology, like the building of a space ship. It takes the application of scientific theories to get that astronaut up into space. A great deal of science is not related to immediate technology. Einstein wasn't thinkinbg about what could be made with his theories when he made them. He did it for it's intrinsic value: Knowledge about the universe.

[blowfish]

Evo is not remotely important to real science. The science that gives us new medicines, treatments--the science that holds the bridges up as we drive over them--the science that flicks a comet going 100K miles/hr with a craft going 18K miles/hr--the science that is accountable--the science that provides.

What you're describing is technology, which is driven off of scientific discovery. There is no such distinction between 'real' science and (presumably) 'unreal' science. We have 'science that has resulted in technological applications' and 'that has not yet resulted in technological applications'. As we invest more and more research into studying the genetic makeup of organisms (man in particular) we will certainly get more and more technical applications. Some of this research is motivated by understanding the evolutionary history on man, some isn't.