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THANKS to all the many who took the time to respond to my plea. My Ricklefs is
in storage in some unknown box. I'll try to get to a library and look up my
mental image and the terminology he used--if, in fact, that is the source I am
trying to recall. Here are some of the responses tha
I want to say "Amen," but I'd better not. Humor doesn't go over well via email,
and certainly not on this subject. I do, however, want to show support, for
what it may be worth, for ' . . . it seems if we can encourage students to
search for answers themselves so that they can reconcile their "
That's not totally true, because there are so many definitions of
evolution. Microevolution and natural selection are a fact. The theory of
evolution by means of natural selection (ie common ancestry/the tree of
life/macroevolution) is a theory
You're right that students are not being taug
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I actually think the results of the Gallup poll are quite positive.
More people were in the "believe" column (39%) than either the "do
not believe" (only 25%) or "no opinion" (36%) columns. That's not
bad for the general population! Furthermore, the results show that
education works--mor
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There is no theory of evolution. Evolution is a fact, it happens. The theory
is evolution via natural selection. If people don't know this already it's
because we aren't teaching them.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM, David Inouye wrote:
> http://www.gallup.com/poll/114544/Darwin-Birthday-Be
I think Matt's point is really important. The Gallup poll was intentionally
presented to the general public, and who would question the validity of
gravity? (Nevermind which theory...that wouldn't have been an issue to
those polled.)
It's only in the public debate over evolution that it becomes
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Hi John,
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Jennifer,
what a wonderful list you've compiled! Looks like I have a
bit of reading to myself!
I was impressed by some of the books recommended, such as
One River and Tears of the Cheetah
and others
We hosted David Quammen for Darwin Day last week, and it
was fun getting to know a bit
about
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Several weeks ago I asked for recommendations of books similar to "Song
of the Dodo" by David Quammen. My sincere thanks to everyone who
responded; I have quite a bit of reading ahead of me!
Here is the list of books recommended, listed in no particular order.
Tears of the Cheetah: The Gen
Its funny you should mention this -- I've been in a heated facebook
argument with a former classmate over this (aren't social networking
sites great?) The wikipedia entry is good
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change#Surveys_of_scientists_and_scientific_literature),
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