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Dear Colleagues,

An interesting quote from the most recent (April 2005)
Smithsonian magazine in an article that revisits Dayton, Tennessee
(the site of the Scopes "monkey trial") follows:

" Kurt Wise teaches science at Bryan. His credentials are
impressive --- an undergraduate degree in geology from
the University of Chicago and a PhD from Harvard, where he
studied with the late Stephen J. Gould, the eminent paleontologist and
anti-creationist.  Wise believes that God created the world and 
everything
in it 6,000 years ago."

As much as I love museums, I doubt very seriously if the exhibition hall
or the IMAX theatre are likely spots for the conversion of such 
strongly held
beliefs.

In the case of exhibitions and programs related to evolution, I  feel 
we really are
preaching to the choir.


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Paul Orselli

Paul Orselli Workshop (POW!)
1684 Victoria Street
Baldwin, NY  11510

(516) 223-1043  voice
(270) 294-5912  fax
(516) 238-2797  mobile

www.orselli.net

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