I've been having some interesting e-mail dialog on this subject with some
folks, and thought I'd ask that kind of question here.
Ray Grizzle expressed surprise in his recent (June 1997) PCSF report at the
number of fscientists NOT caring if theistic science" came into being or
not at ~95%, The number did not surprise me. I'd have put the number at
99+% myself. But partially this is due to the question not being well
quantified..
The more general question is how many people really think about / care
about origins questions at all (to any significant extent). I think this
number is very small, in the order of perhaps 10,000 or so, US-wide. Others
have told me that estimate is far too low.
There is some interesting data we might look for. How many copies of RITB
have been sold? How about Dawkin's "Blind Watchmaker?" How about Morris's
books? Are we talking a few thousand copies -- or in the 10s of thousands,
or the 100s of thousands? I really don't know. How is Behe's book doing?
Moreland's. Del Ratzsch's. Denton's? Etc. How about John Casti's two gems,
PARADIGMS LOST and SEARCH FOR CERTAINTY?
How many college courses like that of Will Provine's are going on? How many
students? How many of those students really give a flip after the course
ends?
Comments anyone?
Burgy