IMAX theaters in the Southern States, including those in Science Museums, are coming under attack for using the E-word (evolution).
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Carol Murray, marketing director of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History in Texas, said audience members who had watched Volcanoes had commented, "I really hate it when the theory of evolution is presented as fact", or "I don't agree with their presentation of human existence."
As a result, the science museum had decided not to screen the film.
"If it is not going to draw a crowd and it is going to create controversy, from a marketing point of view, I cannot make a recommendation," Murray told The New York Times on Saturday.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/...
Gives a completely new meaning to the phrase, Popular Science.
Apart from the other implications of this topic, and apart from private IMAX theaters, how could one apply pressure against a ‘Science Museum’ presenting selective science?
{Note from Adminnemooseus: The full title of the cited film is
Volcanoes of the Deep Sea.}
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This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 03-23-2005 07:29 PM
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