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To be an old saw, evolution needs to become more than academically meaningful, which it inherently is.  The theory itself works so well, it can be applied to the complexity of human behaviors and beliefs, and we do so consciously or un-consciously in our various behaviors and actions.  It's on-going utility and innate essentialness needs to emphasized.  
C

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On Mar 4, 2011, at 5:10 AM, Martin Weiss wrote:

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> As fascinating as these studies are to get back to our original question
> that had to do with the the public's acceptance and understanding of
> evolution. . . . .

On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:02 AM, Kodi Jeffery wrote:

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> I have to apologize for getting nit-picky here, but we really need to avoid 
> using the term "survival of the fittest". It is a tautology (after all, the 
> way to determine "fitness" is based on who survives, so we have "survival 
> of the survivors). Numerous people hear this and say "of course -- that's 
> why evolution is bunk!". The correct term is "Natural Selection", and I 
> think it can be useful to let people know that WE know that. But if we can 
> get people to understand natural selection as a mechanism, I think we've 
> gone a long way toward evolution education. 
> 
> Kodi R. Jeffery, Ph.D 
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