Somehow I missed all the previous exchange but am interested in this. What
was the recent change to the National Academy of Sciences statement on
evolution for a Sun school class? Keith, can you resend me your original
message?
What was the nature of the objections by Massimo Pigliucci and Will Provine?
Is Will still on the list? (how are you doing?)
My best,
Wendee
>>I wrote a short article on the recent change to the
>>National Academy of Sciences statement
>>on evolution for a Sunday School class.
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>>Here is what I wrote. Did I get it right? Corrections/additions
>>to it welcomed. Where is the Simpson quotation from?
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>>I understand there have been some efforts to get the change rescinded.
>>Any news on this?
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>There was an effort initiated to reverse the change that was made. This
>effort was spearheaded by Massimo Pigliucci from the University of
>Tennessee. His open letter was circulated to the ASA list and resulted in
>a rather vigorous exchange that involved Massimo, Will Provine and others.
>As far as I know there has been no indication that the NAS has any interest
>in reversing the decision. Genie Scott has spoken out quite strongly
>against the effort to restore the original language.
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>Keith
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>Keith B. Miller
>Department of Geology
>Kansas State University
>Manhattan, KS 66506
>kbmill@ksu.ksu.edu
>http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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