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Originally Posted by cmdahler
It has zero to do with curing cancer or finding a vaccine for HIV, or finally discovering a room-temperature superconducting material.
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You seem to be confusing evolution with paleontology (which you are misnaming "archeology.")
Evolution has ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING to do with curing cancer, or finding a vaccine for HIV. "Evolution" is change over time leading from mutations in the genetic code-- there is nothing that can be understood about HIV or cancer that does not come through the understanding of evolution-- and that goes for every single disease, whether caused by an external organism or by flaws within the individual's genes.
(And, FWIW, genetic algorithms-- which are based on the concept of evolution-- can be used in supercomputer modeling to search for room-temperature superconductors.)