Re: [Phys-l] "To put it simply, no Darwin, no Hitler, " said the group's late founder, D. James Kennedy.

["LaMontagne, Bob" <RLAMONT@providence.edu>]

All Texans tend to stereotype - don't they?

Bob at PC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
> bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of John M Clement
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:52 AM
> To: Forum for Physics Educators
>
> But my comment was quite true.  I have not seen any Democratic
> candidates who have disavowed evolution.  At present the Republicans
> have gotten into bed with the antievolutionists and antiscinetific
> crowd.  So we do have a political split between the proscience and
> antiscience groups.  This is a fairly recent phenomenon.  It may
> actually be part of the natural development of a proevolution social
> mileau.  The percentage of antievolutionists has been decreasing
> during the last century.  So this has now become an issue, while
> previously the antievolutionists felt secure when they were in the
> majority.  This is precisely what happens when you have a scientific
> revolution, or any shift in the general paradigm.  There is disorder
> and savage fighting before the new paradigm is established.