It's hit Emory (there was some coverage of it in our college newspaper), and the response here from the students seemed to be a large collective yawn. But perhaps it will have an effect on a few students without much biology training; I hope not. One advantage of a big and intellectually diverse university, like ours, is that our students are accustomed to the campus being a gigantic cafeteria of conflicting ideas, some worth attending to, some worth ignoring. So when students see stuff like this on our campus, I suspect the vast majority of them just dismiss it as pseudoscientific. I could be wrong, though. ....Scott
________________________________________ From: Jim Clark [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:00 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Remember Those Free Copies of the "On the Origin of the Species" Being Given Out by Fundament Hi This creationist effort has been around for the past few months and is about to hit certain Canadian universities on 24 Nov. You can see responses discrediting the "information" in the insert and more at http://ncse.com/ If you follow the Don't Diss Darwin link, you will find a list of the institutions "lucky" enough to receive this special gift! http://www.dontdissdarwin.com/schools.php I don't know how much actual impact this has had on campuses where book has already been distributed. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> 22-Nov-09 6:18:16 PM >>> At least one source points out that some of these copies have a 50 page introduction which attacks the volume; see: http://www.dailytech.com/AntiEvolution+Actor+Modifies+Darwins+Work+With+Questionable+Intro/article16892.htm or http://tinyurl.com/ycfu3mp I admit that there are big holes in my pop culture knowledge and that I never watched the sitcom "Growing Pains", thus, I have no familiarity with Kirk Cameron, an actor, who was on the show and who authored the introduction as well as handing out copies of the free Darwin on Perdue's campus. I assume this is just another child star whose life has gone seriously wrong. He also promotes the notion that Hitler's ideas were based on Darwin's theory, a position advocated by Ben Stein (political analyst/eye drop shill) and others. In other news, if you had a first edition of the Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" (published in 1859), where would you keep it? (a) in a glass case, opened to the title page (b) closed in an archival grade envelope to protect against light, humidity, and insects (c) on the book shelf with the rest of the Darwinia (d) in the toilet For the answer to where one person kept it, see: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h-AA11NDInkwPqU7N0Er8sKs0MHA or http://tinyurl.com/yff26en -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
