Jason et y'all:
Good idea. Better yet pick out the biggest elephant in the room that is
taboo for discussion.
Here's one that I thought was pretty universally settled until I posted it
on a widely-known evolutionary biology site, got one response from one of
the big names--who then declined to discuss the matter further while
surrogates flayed and quartered me, apparently for the temerity of
questioning authority further. At least that's the impression I got. I
suspect that those sounding off would deny my version.
The question is, "Do organisms progress--that is, improve or advance through
evolution?"
I hope you will share the results of your discussion with the rest of us.
WT
"'Tis friction's brisk, rough rub that provides the vital spark!" --A. R.
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "jason.strickland" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:58 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Discussion Panel Topic Suggestions
Dear group,
I am currently working on forming a discussion panel that will include two
ecologists and two evolutionary biologists to discuss topics that involve
merging ecology and evolution. The discussion will be in front of 150-200
students ranging from undergraduates to post-docs (all in biology). The
panel will happen on a Saturday morning so it needs to be an exciting
discussion to hold the audience's interest and cause them to ask questions.
I am looking for topics/questions that the two fields do not completely
agree on. The goal is to have the panel disagree on topics to allow the
students to learn and be entertained. If anyone can suggest topics or
questions that ecologists and evolutionary biologists have different
viewpoints on, they would be greatly appreciated. I have a few topics
already, but wanted to ask a larger audience to suggest topics to determine
if there are certain topics/questions that come up frequently. Feel free to
email me directly ([email protected]) or respond to this post
with your suggestions.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Jason Strickland
[email protected]
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