At 12:06 PM -0400 4/16/02, Louis_Schmier wrote: >Michael, there never is one reason or a single answer.
But some are much more likely than others, as well as more useful. >Keep in mind, >evolution was accepted and at the core, the cornerstone of American >culture until the 1920s. Evolution has been accepted for centuries. It's the mechanism of natural selection that is sometimes questioned (although not by 99 and 44 one hundredths of scientists). I think that you're talking about 'Social Darwinism'; not the same thing (call it an illegitimate offspring of Darwinian theory). >It was use to argue the naturalness of free >enterprise, individual rights, free competition, various social and >economic reform movements. It was the cornerstone of big business, >organized labor, and all the reform movments. All of which went under >such sobriquets as "social darwinism," see above. >it may have been the >replacement of Newtonian scientific clarity and certainty with Ensteinian >confusion and relativity; Relativistic physics did not replace classical (Newtonian) mechanics; it susumned it under a broader theory. Engineers still learn classical mechanics since they are still the best predictors at nonrelativistic (read earthbound) velocities. >it may have been the aspect of the Cold War >confrontation between "godless" communistic Russia and "godly" democratic >United States; it may be that the United States is still the most >"religious" country in the western world; it may be all of the above and >then some. Almost anything 'may' .... * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
