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Originally Posted by arloiginla
Duane Gish, biochemist at the University of California at Berkeley, says the following:
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Actually... in the Penn and Teller show, it was shown that Duane Gish was not keeping up on relevant literature and in fact had
not done any professional research in his field since his work at Upjohn (in the 60s!). Instead of actually doing research he has just continued to produce creationism-related work for a popular audience.
Gish is a protein biochemist, and is known for making erroneous and ridiculous statements without being able to back them up.
In 1983, Gish was asked about the protein similarities between chimps and humans and replied:
If we look at certain proteins, yes, man then -- it can be assumed that man is more closely related to a chimpanzee than other things. But on the other hand, if you look at other certain proteins, you'll find that man is more closely related to a bullfrog than he is a chimpanzee. If you focus your attention on other proteins, you'll find that man is more closely related to a chicken than he is to a chimpanzee.
No such proteins exist between frogs and humans or chickens and humans, and Gish has ignored every attempt made by real scientists to get Gish to back up his ridiculous claims. It later came out that he took a joke from a geochronologist about a 'prince-charming like frog', and started stating it as fact that frogs were more closely related to humans.
Quite simply, the man is a senile fool.