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At 14:21 19/01/2007, Amanda wrote:

>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/unscientific-american-u_b_38983.html
>
>There's an excellent graph at the link above, showing "belief" in 
>evolution, for many countries...

Even though most Islamic countries are omitted, the graph clearly 
shows that Americans have more in common with Muslims than they might 
have realised.

BELIEF in evolution?

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'?


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