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

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Tue Feb 4 14:57:01 CST 2003


On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Mike Migurski wrote:

> >> Short version: University Professor refuses letter of recommendation
> >> to those who don't believe in evolution, saying that if you don't
> >> believe in scientific proof and methods, you can't be much of a
> >> doctor.
> >
> >Everyone say it together: Evolution is a THEORY.
> >
> >I'm not arguing for Creationism here, I'm just saying that evolution has
> >yet to be scientifically proven.
>
> No theory is ever scientifically "proven".

Indeed. Remember that Newtonian physics is entirely wrong... at certain
scales and velocities.

Cheers
Martin

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