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To: Right Wing Professor
You'll find most every biology department in the country disagrees with you.

Aaaahh. Noted for future reference, when consensus and democracy replaces scientific method.

197 posted on 03/12/2003 12:11:07 PM PST by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, Zoolander)
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To: Sloth
Noted for future reference, when consensus and democracy replaces scientific method.

It wasn't a scientific question. The question of whether evolution is central to biology is something that cannot be tested by observation or experiment; rather it's a matter of opinion, and the opinion of biologists on what constitutes biology is one that should be taken into account.

199 posted on 03/12/2003 12:14:04 PM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: Sloth
Your comment to RWP: "Aaaahh. Noted for future reference, when consensus and democracy replaces scientific method."

Remedy's original commentary (accompanying his post of the article respecting the maligned professor): "Loosening Darwin's Grip - A poll released in May 2002 by Zogby International found that nearly eight out of every 10 Ohioans supported the teaching of intelligent design in classrooms where Darwinian evolution also is taught. A survey by The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland offered similar findings: 74 percent of Ohioans said evidence for and against evolution should be taught in science classrooms, while 59 percent said intelligent design should be included in origins study."

Pot, meet kettle.
201 posted on 03/12/2003 12:20:36 PM PST by atlaw
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