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>I am very surprised that anyone would NOT see this as a perfectly
>good venue for discussing evolution. After all, is it not our goal
>to help people understand the world around them? Don't we
>represent currently held thinking based on the latest research?
>Charlie makes a valuable point that there is a serious
>misunderstanding of what a theory is. Doesn't that seem to imply
>that we collectively as a field need to push toward programming that
>emphasizes an understanding of HOW research is done as opposed to
>just WHAT is being done?
>Beryl
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Beryl;
I think the problem is not in an understanding of how scientist use
the word theory as apposed to how lay folks use the word. But the
problem is a different way of seeing the world and belief systems
that suport this view: faith based and science based (testable).
Martin
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Vice President for Science
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111 th Street
Corona, New York 11368
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