I wrote: > Our Science Minister, (yes, our _science_ minister), with the proud > title of federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, was > asked whether he "believed in evolution".
> >He refused to say, replying "I'm not going to answer that question...I > don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is > appropriate." Mike Palij offered: > You might want to take a look at the editorial in this week's Nature: > > |Editorial, Nature 458, 259 (19 March 2009) > |Turkey censors evolution > Anti-evolutionism: Not just for Christians anymore. Canada, with less than one-half the population of Turkey, ranks 7th in the world in number of scientific papers published and 6th in number of citations. Turkey is not on the list of the top 20 countries. http://www.in-cites.com/countries/2007allfields.html#Cites%20Per%20Paper In which country would you be more likely to expect top government officials to be better informed and supportive of the theory of evolution? Shame on us. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
