At 12:17 05/08/2006, Ashish Gulhati wrote:
The existence of diseases or viruses for which there is currently no defense doesn't contradict this.
in fact, it fully supports the argument: after all, the defence against new diseases has typically not been solved in the recent past by biological evolution of humans, but by intellectual and cultural change - whether it is finding vaccines, or getting used to washing hands with disinfectant.
-rishab