Hi Here's a piece on Pandasthumb by Eugenie Scott on "Creation" with some links to other sites.
http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2009/09/eugenie-scott-r.html#more Also, USA is just tip of anti-evolution iceberg. Many developing countries have levels of religiosity that far exceed those in USA, which does not bode well for evolution. A recent survey, for example, found that only 8% of Egyptians think there is evidence for evolution. Perhaps not surprising since only 38% had even heard of Darwin. Similarly low figures for South Africa. USA had 33% believing there is evidence for evolution, versus over 50% (depressingly low) for UK, China, and Mexico. Ironically, USA had highest figure (55%) for knowing a good/fair amount about evolution. See following or numerous other sites for results http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/jul/01/evolution You can also complete a related survey at http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey.zgi?p=WEB229CD3MTHT5 It is too bad they are not collecting demographic information (except religiousness) in this survey (e.g., education, gender, age, ...). Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca >>> "Christopher D. Green" <chri...@yorku.ca> 13-Sep-09 10:00:28 AM >>> sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: > I've been waiting for Chris Green to post this here, as he did on the History > of Psychology list, but as he doesn't seem to be going to, allow me. Believe it or not, I tried to do exactly that yesterday afternoon, but had run out of posts for the day. Here's what I attempted to post: We are all, by now, used to the idea that there are a lot of people in the US who find Darwin's theory of evolution anathema to their firmly held religious beliefs. But the new feature film about the impact that the 1851 death of Darwin's daughter, Annie, had on both his own religious beliefs and his scientific work has apparently been unable to even find a distributor in the US and, so, will probably never be seen in the major theaters there. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6173399/Charles-Darwin-film-too-controversial-for-religious-America.html (Thanks to new York grad student Eric Oosenbrug for pointing this article out to me.) I would have thought that the revenues from major coastal cities alone would have been enough to entice a distributor to pick it up, but (apparently) the anticipated backlash (boycotts, etc.), presumably against other movies or products sold by the same company, has caused them to decline one of the major releases of the year. Quizzical. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
