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Bill,
Not sure I would agree, at least I can't think of any field of
biological research that can do without it. Editors just aren't
versed enough in all areas to be the sole word on what's good science
and what isn't. Yes, I can think of some really horrible papers that
should have been weed
I think that the differences between PA and VA, outlined by David and Frank,
bring up a good point. Different states have different licensing requirements
and different school districts, even within the same state, have different
curricula. How can these be standardized in a way in which the sci
Ernie,
What a thoughtful response. I certainly don't want to restrict info, what I
do want is to leave no pseudoscientific claim left unrefuted. You may be
right about openness and GW, but as Naomi Oreskes says about global
warming: The scientific community needs to approach the issue with the
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Bottom line: if we don't educate the public, somebody else will. Who do you
think that somebody is?
David Lawrence's post is a cheap shot at most teachers and serves to
once again perpetuate the "Those who can, do, those who can't, teach"
mythology. Here in Pennsylvania (I can't speak for Virginia)
teachers are required to complete a content major in addition to
education courses (fewer
I am planning on doing some vegetation measurements in relationship to
land crabs in Mexico. In one of the papers I am using as a model,
within the context of their vegetation measurements is something called
"average shift height". I have been unable to find out what this means
or how it can be m
If you go to the IJCR website you will see that the institute is an
accredited graduate school for science educators. I won't bother posting the
full accreditation page here, but the following should be enough to scare
most of you:
"The ICR Graduate School was approved by the State of Californi
The USDA Forest Service is seeking contractors interested in
performing root image processing work for an ongoing research
project. The work will be preformed on the contractor's computer
equipment at their own location and is expected to average 20 hours
of work per week to meet contract obli
To lighten up this discussion a bit, and slightly off-topic, the chorus I
sing in will soon be doing a concert of Ralph Vaughan Williams pieces, and
our conductor did some research for the program notes and learned:
"His mother was an heiress to the Wedgewood manufacturing fortune; his
great un
There is considerable agreement among scientists about evolution. It's
there if you want to see it. If you don't want to see it, you won't. Are
you recommending that we all filter our work through some kind of thought
police to ensure we present the "correct" message?
The scientific community d
Ernie Rogers makes an amusing and ironic point about this controversial new
journal. If they make it available free online, then anybody can read it,
and many people will. If on the other hand you want to read an article in a
"respectable" journal then you may have a lot of trouble getting acces
In response to David's comments, I think the assumption that most
individuals enter
our education system with their minds already made up about evolution (or
any idea for that matter) is false. It may be true for some but believing
that it is true for the majority undermines the entire point
of imp
I believe that the strength of science lies in its openness. We accept
anyone's considered viewpoint, and then encourage others to verify the
truthfulness of it by experiment or otherwise. Do we wish to restrict access
to
information? May I suggest that we only demand that the new journa
Scientists argue Evolutionary theory all the time in scientific journals.
Gould's theory vs Knoll's theory vs.
People find holes in some of the evidence (for the mechanisms of evolution,
not for evolution, itself) and discuss them in a scientific context.
It already happens. So play devil's
While I agree that this could degenerate into a "discussion of anecdotes"
there is more to it than that. The last paragraph of my posting stated that
"Peer review is most useful for research that requires careful attention to
standard protocols." and I think that we could legitimately ask whethe
Playing devil's advocate here...
I suppose these creationist folks would argue that
their "legitimate" scientific studies wouldn't stand a
chance of being published in a mainstream biology
journal because of the pro-evolution bias of the
biology establishment. So I ask you - might'nt they
be corr
Bill is right in that peer-reviewed does not always equal a paper with
good science. I would hope that none of us would be so naive as to
assume that peer-review is perfect, just as I would hope that we
understand that not all editors can walk on water and raise the dead.
The hope, at least in my
Peter Gould is right on the money concerning the total station. Few
people need 1 second of arc accuracy. But if you do need it, that's the
only game in town.
We just received an instrument that maybe of interest to folks who need
modest accuracy and convenience in comparison to a total stati
I will not get involved in a resumption of the peer review wars, but I will
make one point. Those of us involved in the peer review process all have
horror stories (I am in the middle of one right now). But if you are
suggesting we get rid of peer review and rely on editors I would like the
editors
I'm not sure it's the scientists' fault. Many minds are made up before we
get a chance to actually "teach" the public.
We have a major public relations problem. Science offers everlasting doubt.
Religion offers everlasting life. Some can handle the former, others deeply
desire the latter. Mos
Thought some doing Sea Turtle work would be interested.
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It is not true that science and religion are destined to be
antagonistic because other Western societies do not share the problem we
have of using mythology to construct a national paradigm. We, as
educators, have been far too willing to cop out. Of Western nations, only
Turkey is more backwater
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