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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4451 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.0 |
Hi fishboy:
Two older books that I found to be very helpful and that are written for teachers. Science on Trial, The Case for Evolution, by Douglas J. Futuyma, Pantheon Books, 1982 and Abusing Science, The Case Against Creationism, by Philip Kitcher, The MIT Press, 1982 What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python You can't build a Time Machine without Weird Optics -- S. Valley
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Cold Foreign Object  Suspended Member (Idle past 3076 days) Posts: 3417 Joined: |
I picked up on that. Thanks. However, it did give me a place to start. I've been hearing these types for years. Not that I don't value randman's opinion. Remember, I'm looking for a good place to start. I feel like I've already accepted the old earth way of thinking, so no need to go there, but anything else is welcome. Be advised that PaulK is an Atheist-evolutionist who will always misrepresent anyone that does not agree with his pro-evolution views. Ray Edited by Cold Foreign Object, : add the word "not" between the words "does" and "agree" - thanks Percy
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Cold Foreign Object  Suspended Member (Idle past 3076 days) Posts: 3417 Joined: |
No, my question isn't about the age of the earth. And the textbook info only tells so much. I guess a better way to have stated my question would have been, If you had to convince someone, given that that person was somewhat intelligent, unbiased....SNIP The first thing you need to realize is that everyone is biased - there are no exceptions. Everyone has an axe to grind. Anyone who denies is lying because it is impossible not to have a bias.
....that evolution was sound theory, where would you start?. Evolution is not a sound theory. It is Atheist ideology packaged as science. And I suggest that you stick around in this Forum (EvC) and get educated that evolution is false. Ray Martinez (Creationist-Designist).
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arachnophilia Member (Idle past 1372 days) Posts: 9069 From: god's waiting room Joined: |
i'm sorry i know we're not supposed to turn this into a back-and-forth, but this comment is just so incredibly misrepresentative that i just have to correct the misinformation.
Best way I know to explain and illustrate this is with dog breeding. All canines (all canine species) can actually successfully interbreed, and you can take a group of canines or dogs and create specific forms. Pure-bred dogs are a good example of that. But what happens when you do that? The genetic range within the breed is diminished. That's one reason so many pure-bred dogs have so many problems. the diminished genetic range in purebred dogs (and their genetic problems) are caused by inbreeding. pure breeds are often created by mating dogs that are very closely related. this does not happen (to this extent) in the wild, where genes are distrubuted normally in more random distributions. the difference here is breeding population size -- human meddling with artificial selection. problems are also caused because that artificial selection is for traits that would not normally be selected for in the wild, produce dogs that are less fit for survival independent of humans. artificial selection is not a good model for natural selection, because we humans select for different criteria than nature. "survival" may not even be one of them. i mean, look at ray comfort's banana -- it can't even breed on its own without humans. if such a mutation happened in nature, it'd be dead in the first generation.
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4451 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.0 |
Cold Foreign Object writes: Be advised that PaulK is an Atheist-evolutionist who will always misrepresent anyone that does agree with his pro-evolution views. So you are saying he lies about the people who agree with him? How is this kind of inflammatory rhetoric (Atheist-evolutionist) helping fishboy in his quest for valid information about evolution, which is the topic of this thread? Does that make you a Radical Creationist Extremist?
Evolution is not a sound theory. It is Atheist ideology packaged as science. And I suggest that you stick around in this Forum (EvC) and get educated that evolution is false. Creationism is not even a theory. It is warped biblical ideology that has no resemblance to science. If you stick around this forum (EvC) you will see that the Theory of Evolution is a very accurate explanation of the evidence that has been gathered from observations of the natural world. What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python You can't build a Time Machine without Weird Optics -- S. Valley
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2134 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
quote:These paragraphs sound like a perfect example of the bias you were talking about! Seriously, when there is a difference between competing ideas, the way to determine which is the most accurate is through evidence. This is the basis of the scientific method. Divine revelation and other non-evidentiary forms of knowledge, on the other hand, are poorly suited to such analysis. They rely, instead, on belief, dogma, and the like. Experiment, repeatability and replication are not the norm, nor are research and falsification encouraged. Given the question in the OP, I think that good college-level biology and evolution textbooks would be the way to go. They rely on the scientific method, rather than revelation and dogma. Textbooks can be supplemented by internet research, but the range of opinion, and biases, there will be much broader than in the textbooks.
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Percy Member Posts: 22502 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Tanypteryx writes: Cold Foreign Object writes: Be advised that PaulK is an Atheist-evolutionist who will always misrepresent anyone that does agree with his pro-evolution views. So you are saying he lies about the people who agree with him? I believe there's a typo in what Ray wrote: does => doesn't. --Percy
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Cold Foreign Object  Suspended Member (Idle past 3076 days) Posts: 3417 Joined: |
How is this kind of inflammatory rhetoric (Atheist-evolutionist) helping fishboy in his quest for valid information about evolution, which is the topic of this thread? Does that make you a Radical Creationist Extremist? You have misunderstood. PaulK initiated the inflammatory rhetoric here: http://EvC Forum: Biology teacher resource help -->EvC Forum: Biology teacher resource help I was merely pointing out his bias. Ray
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Cold Foreign Object  Suspended Member (Idle past 3076 days) Posts: 3417 Joined: |
Divine revelation and other non-evidentiary forms of knowledge, on the other hand, are poorly suited to such analysis. They rely, instead, on belief, dogma, and the like. Experiment, repeatability and replication are not the norm, nor are research and falsification encouraged. We already know that Atheists reject Divine revelation, and deny the evidence thereof, what is your point? Ray
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Coyote Member (Idle past 2134 days) Posts: 6117 Joined: |
quote:I summarized my point in the final paragraph:quote:We already know that Atheists reject Divine revelation, and deny the evidence thereof, what is your point? quote:
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bluescat48 Member (Idle past 4218 days) Posts: 2347 From: United States Joined: |
Cold Foreign Object We already know that Atheists reject Divine revelation, and deny the evidence thereof, what is your point? What evidence? There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other
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nator Member (Idle past 2198 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Before DNA was discovered, there had been in use morphological trees of life that Biologists had constructed. Then, genetic trees of life were constructed by the geneticists. It turns out that the two trees were remarkably congruous, even though entirely different data in two different fields were used to make them. Because of this, Genetics is the field that sealed the deal on the acceptance in the scientific community for evolution as the best and most complete explanation for the diversity of life on Earth, really, and the addition of the genetic piece to all the other evidence is referred to, in the aggregate, as The Modern Synthesis.
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nator Member (Idle past 2198 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: TalkOrigins articles heavily reference peer-reviewed scientific literature, as any perusal of the reference list and footnotes at the end of any article shows. In addition, there are links to rebuttals by creationists, and links to the authors' responses to rebuttals. So, there's lots of openness about sources and lots of openness with linking to criticisms of the articles. Last time I checked, propaganda doesn't usually include anything like sources, references, or links to opposing viewpoints. Edited by nator, : No reason given.
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nator Member (Idle past 2198 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Are you saying that the Pope is an Atheist?
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fishboy Junior Member (Idle past 5921 days) Posts: 12 Joined: |
I like your style molbiogirl. Thanks for the wealth of information. Can't wait to finish those physics lectures. The first 20 min. or so I've just watched are fantastic.
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