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To: The Philosopher who wrote (50989)	8/13/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<<As to correcting my English, I disagree with you. Saying that "AP Biology is certainly taught in high schools" in no way implies "all" high schools. >>> I wasn't correcting your English at all. "English" didn't come in to it. I simply misunderstood, and thought you meant to imply that evolutionary biology was taught "as standard practice in US high schools." ("as standard practice," were my words, btw; I didn't say "all," though the quotes you put around the word 'all' made me have to go back and check! I didn't think I would have said "all," because "standard practice in high schools these days" allows for exceptions, which "all" wouldn't, of course.) No, I hadn't followed it very closely. Did Delbert deny the existence of any biology textbooks that included a discussion of evolutionary biology? If he did, he was proved wrong. (I thought he was saying that in public schools, it's not being taught any more. I myself would have inserted, "as standard practice" to be safe; but I have no stats on the question.) Speaking of which, do you have an opinion about the following question, and speculation, of mine? (Quoting from my prior post...) "I wonder how many high schools now do teach evolutionary biology? (Public ones, I mean; I know 'elite' private schools where (educated) parents value a good background in science for their children are not teaching creationism.) Do you know? In percentage terms, I suspect it is quite small, don't you? And getting smaller all the time?" BTW, I didn't "take exception" to your saying "and move on to another topic we can show him up on." I just said I couldn't help being disturbed by it. You can see why that would be, I'm sure. In any case, I share Delbert's concern that religious creationism is attempting to drive, and increasingly succeeding in driving, the theory of evolution out of the public schools; and, I must say, I don't think you "showed him up" by producing evidence that this concern is unfounded. [EDIT P.S.: In what ways Do you suspect that our understanding of evolution will be extremely different in the year 2250? That's interesting. Any expectations, theories, suspicions, as to what direction the understanding of the process of evolution might take?]