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My experience suggests that there is no common ground for discussion  
with most creationists. We are taking a position that we are a science  
museum and present scientically verified or verifiable information  
about the natural world in words to that effect. We do not encourage  
debate as there cannot be a debate due a lack of common understanding.  
That being said I personally have engaged in heated discussions, no  
arguments with hard core creationists to great emotional pleasure but  
significantly lower intellectual pleasure. But not with museum  
visitors. Because of the absence of common ground many scientists have  
disengaged from debate with creationists.

Martin

Sent from my iPhone while hurtling on the Number
7 IRT train . . .

On Nov 18, 2009, at 10:24 PM, Greg Lester <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Today, the National Center for Science Education tweeted this link  
> from Skeptic magazine. It is a PDF, sorry, but it is good guide for  
> answering common creationist claims: http://bit.ly/xJ123?r=td
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> As its subtitle promises, it contains:
> 25 Answers To Classic Creationist Arguments
> 10 Answers To Intelligent Design Creationist Arguments
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> Cheers,
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> Greg Lester
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