I wish I were amused by all this...
How can 1500 people be extensive or representative of the US population?
How 'bout teaching credibility. -s

>From: Roy Hemmat <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: NYC B of Ed Says No to Museum Web sites???
>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 04:03:37 -0800
>
>Oh, this is a juicy one! Enough so that I'm actually unlurking after many
>weeks of self imposed exile in my cave of web design insanity (more on that
>another time)
>
>Anyway - I'm pulling this from the New York Times article. The typing
>errors I enthusiastically take full credit for:
>
>"An overwhelming majority of Americans think creationism should be taught
>along with Darwin's theory of evolution in public schools, according to a
>new nationwide survey by an independent polling organization."
>
>"Some scientists called the seemingly contradictory findings a quixotic
>attempt by the public to accomodate incompatible world views. But in some
>ways, even as Americans continue to argue over what children should learn
>about human origens, the poll offers encouragement to both sides of the
>debate"
>
>"The poll results were released yesterday (Friday) by the People for the
>American Way Foundation, the liberal civil-rights organization that
>commissioned the study. It was based on extensive interviews with 1,500
>Americans drawn representatively from all segments of society accross the
>country"
>
>"In results emphasised by the foundation, the poll found that 83 percent of
>Americans generally support teaching evolution in public schools."
>
>"But the poll, which had a statistical margin of error of 2.6 percentage
>points, also found that 79 percent think creationism has a place in the
>curriculum, though respondents often said the topic should be discussed as
>a belief rather than as a competing scientific theory."
>
>"As for evolution, almost half of the respondants said that the theory is
>far from being proven scientifically. And 68 percent said it was possible
>simultaneously to believe in evolution and that God created humans and
>guided their development."
>
>Well ... this article goes on and on .. What I find most alarming
>personally, is the comment about evolution being a far from proven theory.
>It's a complicated subject to understand fully, to say the least. None the
>less ... there is, as many on this list are aware, overwhelming evidence
>for evolution. Evidently our schools are not properly communicating the
>mechanisms of gene pool variation over time (the definition of evolution).
>
>Which leads me to my question. What museums (if any) have taken the
>initiative to develope exhibits and/or educational programs that clearly
>and elegantly explain the "how we know it's so's" of evolution? Any stellar
>examples?
>
>
>Roy Hemmat
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