But how many Americans believe in the rest of the world? Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art [email protected] www.eca.ac.uk www.eca.ac.uk/circle/
[email protected] www.littlepig.org.uk AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk From: patrick simons <[email protected]> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:29:35 +0100 To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] [stuff-it] FW: Only 33 per cent of Americans believe in evolution how about only 33% of the rest of the world believe in Americans? Patrick On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Geert Dekkers <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, what I found most interesting in the article was that while 33% of > Americans don't "believe" in evolution, 57% consider science important (or > was it "extremely" important?) And I'd add, even the most fanatical > creationists rely om the internal combustion engine to get to their meetings, > showing that being religious and (at least) the use of scientic achievements > don't rule each other out. > > Geert > > On Jul 13, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Rob Myers wrote: > >> There are healthy debates about some of the details but there are no serious >> scientific theories that are alternatives to evolution by natural selection. >> If there were they would replace evolution as experiments and studies >> confirmed them. That's the beauty of science when it works. >> >> Science doesn't require faith, just one less philosophical assumption than >> religion. The practice of science requires personal drive and curiosity, and >> is subject to social pressures, but it is the least worst means we have of >> acquiring knowledge about the world. Art is a complement to it but religion >> has declared itself a rival. >> >> - rob. >> >> >>> On Jul 13, 2009 9:47 AM, "Olga" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> This is a very interesting discussion but I was hoping to hear some >>> alternative scientific theories. For what I know, and I know very >>> little on the subject, there are alternative scientific theories that >>> challenge the theory of evolution as we know it. Can anyone give me a >>> bit more information on those? >>> >>> And also, I think science involves big amounts of faith as well... >>> >>> -- >>> Olga >>> http://www.ungravitational.net >>> http://virtualfirefly.wordpress.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list >>> netbehavi...@netbehaviour.... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201
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