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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-12-06 02:12 PM
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Evolution's bottom line

Posted by PatrickHenry
On 05/12/2006 12:13:47 PM PDT · 2 replies · 15+ views

National Center for Science Education ^ | 12 May 2006 | Staff
In his op-ed "Evolution's bottom line," published in The New York Times (May 12, 2006), Holden Thorp emphasizes the practical applications of evolution, writing, "creationism has no commercial application. Evolution does," and citing several specific examples. In places where evolution education is undermined, he argues, it isn't only students who will be the poorer for it: "Will Mom or Dad Scientist want to live somewhere where their children are less likely to learn evolution?" He concludes, "Where science gets done is where wealth gets created, so places that decide to put stickers on their textbooks or change the definition of...



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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-12-06 02:14 PM
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1. I love FReeper "Evolution vs. Creationism / Intelligent Design" threads
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-12-06 02:16 PM
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3. me too
and i love your sig line. Thank you heidi and callmewesley for doing the same for me.:patriot:
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-12-06 02:17 PM
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4. It was almost eight months ago when Binka did it, but I just have to keep
it up there.
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-12-06 02:14 PM
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2. Look Evolution is Junk Science
Which is Conservativeese for Science we don't find Ideologically Palatable.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-12-06 02:42 PM
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5. creationism = no money, Evolution = mo' money...
Kind of ironic isn't it?

creationism stops business's from moving forward, while evolution allows for the ability for new opportunities to be created for business.

Funny how that works...

Now get back to evolving we have presidents* to impeach!!!

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