[dark_lord]

This statement is as valid as saying an electrician can rewire a house without knowledge of QED, so therefore QED "doesn't provide much".

You have just made a valid statement. The QED doesn't provide much -- to the electrician. And not just to the electrician. Electrical theory as a whole doesn't depend upon the QED for squat. You are making my point back to me. Not even antenna theory needs QED. Not to say that QED isn't valid, it is. But it isn't applicable to electrical theory in any pragmatic way.

The only thing that the TOE contributes to genetics is the concept that mutations happen - spontaneously, due to radiation, or other mutagens. But that concept could be understood without the baggage of the TOE.

[RightWingNilla]

Not to say that QED isn't valid, it is. But it isn't applicable to electrical theory in any pragmatic way.

Well thats fine for the technician. Some folks try to grasp the big picture and understand the science behind things. It doesn't make it any less valid. NASA engineers used classical newtonian mechanics to send Apollo to the moon. I suppose you are not a fan of Relativity either?

[Virginia-American]

The only thing that the TOE contributes to genetics is the concept that mutations happen

No, it also explains my examples at 2102. It also explains the existence of "junk" dna.