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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
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Subject: Re: A Breed Apart
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Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 13:02:58 EST
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In article <971@uwmacc.UUCP> dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) writes:
> Okay, fine.  A creationist text, therefore suspect.  Still poisoning
> the well.  Yes, some additional corroborative material would have been
> useful.  But have you got something other than a bare assertion that
> "the only thing breeders can talk about is the RATE at which change can
> be produced"?

Flavoring the well at worst: making sure people check the quality before
imbibing.

Guess what my major was for my first three years at Cornell?  Plant breeding.
Must I get out and reread my plant breeding texts to say that they don't
discuss long-term limits to change?

Breeding of domesticated plants and animals has been going on for 10,000
years (at most, roughly.)  On the evolutionary scale, that's brief.  On
the scale of human lifetimes, that's long.  An individual breeder may not
see much change during his lifetime.  But he has no plausible reason for
believing in long-term limits.
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Mike Huybensz		...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh