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>At 14:21 19/01/2007, Amanda wrote:
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>>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/unscientific-american-u_b_38983.html
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>>There's an excellent graph at the link above, showing "belief" in
>>evolution, for many countries...
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>Even though most Islamic countries are omitted, the graph clearly
>shows that Americans have more in common with Muslims than they
>might have realised.
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>BELIEF in evolution?
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>We understand what the word means in this context and it makes
>perfect sense to us. But how is it perceived by the alienated 60%?
>Remembering T.H. Huxley's definition of scientific agnosticism,
>shouldn't we discipline ourselves to communicate science as a
>'method', not a 'creed'?
Absolutely! The last thing I think we should be doing is falling into
the trap of being accused of presenting science as a new religion.
There are many misconceptions - that even scientists have - about
science and we have to be on message about them. If there is one that
is most important if is that science is a way of observing the
natural world and testing these observations.
Martin
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>Awaken curiosity and they feed their own minds for a lifetime.
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>Ian Russell
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