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Kevin Dorner · 10-17-2002, 11:58 AM

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"Evolution biology has come full circle from being sort of suppressed by the courts, with the Scopes trial in 1925, to being sought out and used in court to try and figure out what actually happened," says David Mindell, associate professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, a key player in the Schmidt case. Mindell is coauthor of a report in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that explains how the Schmidt evidence was developed.

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That was the first, and as far as could be determined, the only time that evolutionary history has been used in a court in this country to convict a criminal. But it probably won't be the last.

<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DyeHard/dyehard.html" target="_blank">Evolution as Evidence</a>

(Note that the conviction was in 1999, but the article appeared today.)

Baloo · 10-17-2002, 12:09 PM

I wonder what the author of this quote has to say about the article...

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It is vital that we ask it: What benefit to mankind has been the result of evolutionary inquiry?

Specifically, is putting murderers behind bars a benefit to mankind?

[ October 17, 2002: Message edited by: Baloo ]

Neruda · 10-17-2002, 12:34 PM

that's a great article. thanks for bringing it to our attention, kevin.

tgamble · 10-17-2002, 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by Baloo:
I wonder what the author of this quote has to say about the article...

Specifically, is putting murderers behind bars a benefit to mankind?

[ October 17, 2002: Message edited by: Baloo ]

ahem,

THIS provs noting! its still a virus! it doesn't prov that monkeys turned into people! Evilution is a lie! The bible is the wod of god and is absolutely infallble! there are no transitonal fossil1! thermodynamics makes it impossible! theres two much dust on the moon to support the evution lie that the earth is billions of yars old! evilution is a lie! It's not true! is not! is not! is not!

Kevin Dorner · 10-17-2002, 02:04 PM

tgamble: Unfortunately, that is almost an advance peek at ABC's mailbag.

[ Edit: neruda: You're welcome.

]

[ October 17, 2002: Message edited by: Kevin Dorner ]

tgamble · 10-17-2002, 02:21 PM

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Originally posted by Kevin Dorner:
tgamble: Unfortunately, that is almost an advance peek at ABC's mailbag.

[ Edit: neruda: You're welcome.

]

[ October 17, 2002: Message edited by: Kevin Dorner ]

Either people are really stupid or I need to work on my mockery and parody rants.

Camaban · 10-18-2002, 06:56 PM

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Either people are really stupid or I need to work on my mockery and parody rants.

I think it's that mockery though it might be, it's still rather close

Edited to put in the right quote (Just ahd one about the nose there)

[ October 18, 2002: Message edited by: Camaban ]

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Kevin Dorner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 762	tgamble: Unfortunately, that is almost an advance peek at ABC's mailbag. [ Edit: neruda: You're welcome. ] [ October 17, 2002: Message edited by: Kevin Dorner ]</p>

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Neruda Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 80	that's a great article. thanks for bringing it to our attention, kevin.

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