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U.S. population lags in accepting evolution

Rodney said:
On the other hand, Richard von Sternberg is. :)

For a skeptic, you seem willing to take a lot on faith. ;)


It's not so much what I make it out to be -- it's what the 600+ scientists who signed the "Dissent from Darwin" statement make it out to be. But I think you'll find the major focus of the dissenters is on the vast numbers of random mutations that have supposedly taken place over the millenia to bring life to its present level of complexity.
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Where are you going with this? Anywhere besides a general sense that it's good for us to remain skeptical and non-dogmatic about all areas of human knowledge, including on the subject of evolution?
 
Rodney said:
It's not so much what I make it out to be -- it's what the 600+ scientists .
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Here, I'll fix it for you.

It's not so much what I make it out to be -- it's what the 600+ scientists (who have no evidence to support their claim) out of several million, less than 1/10th of a percent
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Dave1001 said:
Where are you going with this? Anywhere besides a general sense that it's good for us to remain skeptical and non-dogmatic about all areas of human knowledge, including on the subject of evolution?
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That would be good enough for me.
 
The problem is, Rodney, scientists do remain skeptical. There is no dogma involved.
 
Gonna read Gould, Rodney? You'll enjoy it, I think. Very stimulating stuff. Controversial, too, which might titillate your sense of boat-rocking. Go ahead, bop down the the public library and learn something for a change.
 
Meffy said:
Gonna read Gould, Rodney? You'll enjoy it, I think. Very stimulating stuff. Controversial, too, which might titillate your sense of boat-rocking. Go ahead, bop down the the public library and learn something for a change.
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I've read a little Gould. He's vastly preferable to Richard Dawkins.
 
Not at all. They're both knowledgeable and powerful thinkers, and both have ideas you'd do well to take note of.

Read more. Read more broadly. And... be happy. [Little THX-1138 flash there, whoa]
 
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