Title: Re: paleonet Stupid design
It is much more complex, beautiful,
and spiritual to think of the universe as being God, that the universe
is much more than this thin slice that we see as the material world.
The other, whether it be Creationism (Christian of course), ID, or
other metaphors that we have taken literally, seems very materialistic
and boring.
When push comes to shove in the classroom (and elsewhere) I
honestly think it is helpful for a paleontologists to express this
sort of opinion. Let's face it, even Darwin did so on the final
page of Origin ("There is grandeur in this view of life
...")
The public has the misapprehension that scientists are a bunch of
boring materialists. Why hide the light under a bushel?
Bill
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William P. Chaisson
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
607-387-3892