washing the beakers...... a hypothesis came to me...what if a god did it all?
The irony is just yummy. How does he think it is relevant to test drugs on ANIMALS in preparation for their use on HUMANS?
They trace the evolution of the enzymes/proteins/cells they are targeting and test them on a relevant animal. The results have meaning for humans because of our evolutionary relationship.
Antibiotic resistence in evolving viruses and bacteria is THE major issue in pharmacology and medicine right now and yet he is non the wiser.
Lab tech/assistant is literally a caretaker role. Preparing, washing, passing equipment to the qualified or trainee scientist. It is a low pay role that requires NO scientific education or understanding.
The fact the JW's are quoting him says plenty, but there are people in senior positions in science, very few in number, who refute the evidence of their colleagues and choose to deny evolution. I was desperate to meet one and I eventually interviewed one for a paper I wrote on evolution. He contributes to a soon to be published textbook for christians,on biology, made by him and some well known christian texas scientists. When he said who he was working with it was an eye opener to how small this group is.
He was the only tutor (endocrinologist) in our faculty that was anti-evolution. I spent hours talking to him, I had scientific papers to show him and I swear all he did was quote 'evidence' he had seen in a video made by creationist scientists. This guy was supposed to be a scientist! When I asked why he refuted evolution he said "there is a rock face in devon where there is a layer that is unexpectedly layered." This guy is a hormone expert, and this was his zinger. I asked whether not being an expert in geology, this is likely an anomaly they are yet to understand or do and you have not been informed. He agreed. Then he told me there was an anaomaly in squirrel developemnt But couldnt remmebr the exact detail. Then there was girrafes, he quoted me a paper from the 70's that incorrectly said girrafes evolved long necks for food, we now think it was for male domination, they fight with their necks. He repeatedly said the girrafe neck paper was wrong and I repeatedly said it has been redacted and updated...and that was it. He told me that his mother reported that one day as a kid, when he was washing the car, he came in singing a hymn and saying he had seen Jesus. He said he didn't remember, but believed her and now he is saved. My last question was "would you ever accept your colleagues research results over the bible if they contradicted the bible?" He said "no". I recorded the interview, but the next day he asked,very formally, that I delete the recording and refused permission for me to use anything he said In my paper.
snare x