In response to Ernie and Bill, One thing we can do in response to the journal access problem is to actively promote open-access scientific journals such as PLoS Biology, which is published by the Public Library of Science (http:// www.plos.org/). How can we promote them? One easy way is to add prominent links to such journals on our academic web sites. Another is to reference them when we write letters to the editors of newspapers and magazines.
The point is that high quality open-access scientific journals do exist, but the general public is unaware of them. I am sympathetic to the goal of educating the public on evolution. Perhaps it's time for an open-access journal that is dedicated to evolutionary topics and that uses "layman friendly" language (i.e. avoids technical jargon)? Or is that role already filled by magazines such as Scientific American, Popular Science, Science News, Discovery Magazine, New Scientist, etc.? Mike _______________________________ Michael M Fuller, Ph.D. The Institute for Environmental Modeling University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 PH: (865) 974-4894 EMAIL: mmfuller at tiem d0t utk d0t edu WEB: www.tiem.utk.edu/~mmfuller > Free exchange of knowledge and ideas is a wonderful, powerful > thing. Who > knows, maybe from that viewpoint, the new journal is a good > thing. But, only > for a people that can think clearly and seek truth for > themselves-- we need > better access to the mainstream journals. > > Ernie Rogers > However I think that the people who publish the International > Journal of > Creation Research are mainly interested in getting the word out, > and they > are probably well funded, so I think it will not be difficult to > get access > to their journal -- online access, free library subscriptions, etc. > That > really gives them an advantage. Is there anything we can do about it? > > Bill Silvert
