I like Thoreau's version better: "Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk."
Jane Shevtsov On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Wendee Holtcamp <bohem...@wendeeholtcamp.com> wrote: > That is frightening. Wonder why they chose to use "believe in" for this > poll. > > Also, why do they never ask them to get the correct definition of evolution. > That would be far more illuminating, taken side by side. > > Question - I have this great quote but can't seem to verify it. Does anyone > know if Isaac Asimov actually wrote this, or said this, and if so where? > > "Circumstantial evidence can be overwhelming. We have never seen an atom, > but we nevertheless know that it must exist." > > Thanks! > Wendee > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Wendee Holtcamp, M.S. Wildlife Ecology > Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian > http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com > http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com > ~~6-wk Online Writing Course Starts Feb 21, 2009~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 'Better to light a candle than curse the darkness' > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news > [mailto:ecolo...@listserv.umd.edu] On Behalf Of David Inouye > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 11:35 AM > To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Gallup poll on evolution > > http://www.gallup.com/poll/114544/Darwin-Birthday-Believe-Evolution.aspx > > PRINCETON, NJ -- On the eve of the 200th anniversary of Charles > Darwin's birth, a new Gallup Poll shows that only 39% of Americans > say they "believe in the theory of evolution," while a quarter say > they do not believe in the theory, and another 36% don't have an > opinion either way. These attitudes are strongly related to education > and, to an even greater degree, religiosity. > -- ------------- Jane Shevtsov Ecology Ph.D. student, University of Georgia co-founder, <a href="http://www.worldbeyondborders.org";>World Beyond Borders</a> Check out my blog, <a href="http://perceivingwholes.blogspot.com";>Perceiving Wholes</a> "Political power comes out of the look in people's eyes." --Kim Stanley Robinson, _Blue Mars_
