Re: 'Evolution in Health and Disease' Discussion

Leonid Gavrilov wrote:
Dear All:

This is just to alert you about scientific discussion of a new book:

'Evolution in Health and Disease'
Edited by Stephen Stearns and Jacob Koella, Oxford University Press,
2008

which has started at our discussion forum:

http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/2008/10/news-evolution-in-health-and-disease.html
Shorter weblink:
http://tinyurl.com/6xyxy5

Comments and suggestions are welcome !

Kind regards,

Just as a start I noted this:

.... Evolution is not an alternative to existing medical training and
research. It is a useful basic science that poses new medical questions,
contributing to research while also improving practice." (page 3

This is nonsense. Much of existing medical training is quackery based
on years of doing what was done before with no basis in science. Any
medical training that is not based on evolution can only be based on
magic. I don't want anyone involved in treating me to believe in magic.
Lets put it this way :existing medical training and research is not an
alternative to evolution.


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