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ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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T H Huxley was the nineteenth century's best-known and most effective
advocate of Darwinism.
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/2506/ In this
article, entitled "Thomas Henry Huxley: a better bulldog", an
agnostic ex-vicar critically compares the implicit atheism of Richard
Dawkins' latest book, "The God Delusion", with the carefully defined
boundaries of Huxley's agnosticism.
It seems that a key issue, in this ASTC-L discussion and in the
Darwin-wars outside, is the failure of science communicators to agree
whether science is atheistic or agnostic. Though some of us may find
it tedious to consider the distinction, by 'agreeing to disagree' we
will continue to confuse and alienate a huge percentage of our target audience.
[log in to unmask] * http://www.interactives.co.uk
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Give people facts and you feed their minds for an hour.
Awaken curiosity and they feed their own minds for a lifetime.
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Ian Russell
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