Re: Can you be objective about evolution?

Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Thu, 25 Apr 1996 11:57:49 -0500

>Perhaps a better way to have put this would have been "If evolutionists
>have difficulty in even publicly aknowledging any evidence *against*
>evolution...". Yes, there have been numerous papers, books,
>publications, etc. over the years that confirm that many evolutionists
>have, in fact, been objective. My concerns have always been that
>outside of the scientific comunity you see or hear very little of the
>evidence against evolution, except from creationists.

Hmm. Is it also true that one hears very little of the evidence against
creation science except from evolutionists?

I certainly don't see
>any evolutionists clamoring for more objectivity in how the material is
>presented!

Wayne Becker, author of a major undergraduate molecular biology textbook is
an evolutionist and has fought with his publisher in order to present a more
objective version of evolution. This could certainly happen more often--but
some blame here also goes to the publishers. In Wayne's case, the publisher
expected him to present biology in such a way as to show that God is an
unecessary hypothesis. Wayne shot back and suggested that the publisher be
thankful that God did not think he was an unecessary hypothesis. Needless
to say, the text was published elsewhere.

Cheers,

Steve
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