[thechat] Prof refuses recommendation if you don't believe in evolution

Madhu Menon webguru at vsnl.net
Tue Feb 4 13:38:01 CST 2003


At 12:57 AM 05-02-03, Plunkett, Matt wrote:

>Sure,
>they _believe_ it happened, but if someone came along with a better
>theory...they'd abandon it in a heartbeat.

Correct. And of course, you'd need to find sufficient evidence for the new
theory too. Don't forget Occam's Razor.

>Madha, the prof is Catholic IIRC.  He is not discriminating based on a
>belief in God.

Madha? Who the fuck is Madha? I'm MadhU   :)

Oh yeah, wanted to point that out as an interesting twist. He's a "devout
Catholic" according to the NYT.

M

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