re: #218 nom de boom

As a layman and a liberal arts type, I am way out of my depth when it comes to this stuff. Could any of you professionals give me a couple of examples illustrating how creationism would influence the actual execution of scientific work like the formulation of anti-bacterial drugs? I always assumed that the theory of origins definitely had an impact on areas like paleontology, but not so much on non-historical fields like microbiology, etc.

Think about why we have to develop a new flu vaccine every year: it’s because the little buggers evolve and the old one doesn’t immunize us any more. It’s also why we need to keep developing new antibiotics; bacteria evolve resistance to the older ones.