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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 65857" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: You're welcome.</p><p></p><p>On this subject several years ago, I wrote a letter to the local newspaper (which I have since stopped reading) in response to another reader's letter to the editor complaining about the teaching of evolution in local schools, and blaming that teaching for moral decay and a decline in student discipline?</p><p></p><p>i wrote a defense of teaching evolution, because as Bennet offers it is quite apparent to anyone paying a modicum of attention to the world around us. The anti-biotic resistant germs, are just a glaring example of the very real process in action. Not teaching it would be a huge disservice to students, and ultimately all of us.</p><p></p><p>After my letter published I received a phone call at my home, from a troubled soul, who was torn by the cognitive dissonance between what he was taught, and what I wrote. Since i didn't want to be involved in all his future decision making, I advised him to ignore me.</p><p></p><p>Smart philosophers have opined about the place for religion in the world. I prefer to stick to matters of fact that have some chance of physical proof, while economics, one of my pet pursuits, often ends up a little too close to a being a belief system as practiced by so many. Well controlled experiments can not easily be performed in macro-economics, so much judgement is involved in analyzing history with honest differences of opinion resulting. </p><p></p><p>Life is too short to debate everything, and I can live with neighbors who do not mirror all my understandings about the world around us. I do wish more voters did, but that's life, in a representative republic. </p><p></p><p>JR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 65857, member: 126"] Re: You're welcome. On this subject several years ago, I wrote a letter to the local newspaper (which I have since stopped reading) in response to another reader's letter to the editor complaining about the teaching of evolution in local schools, and blaming that teaching for moral decay and a decline in student discipline? i wrote a defense of teaching evolution, because as Bennet offers it is quite apparent to anyone paying a modicum of attention to the world around us. The anti-biotic resistant germs, are just a glaring example of the very real process in action. Not teaching it would be a huge disservice to students, and ultimately all of us. After my letter published I received a phone call at my home, from a troubled soul, who was torn by the cognitive dissonance between what he was taught, and what I wrote. Since i didn't want to be involved in all his future decision making, I advised him to ignore me. Smart philosophers have opined about the place for religion in the world. I prefer to stick to matters of fact that have some chance of physical proof, while economics, one of my pet pursuits, often ends up a little too close to a being a belief system as practiced by so many. Well controlled experiments can not easily be performed in macro-economics, so much judgement is involved in analyzing history with honest differences of opinion resulting. Life is too short to debate everything, and I can live with neighbors who do not mirror all my understandings about the world around us. I do wish more voters did, but that's life, in a representative republic. JR [/QUOTE]
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