werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (12/02/86)
The following appeared in the Letters to the Editor page of the New York Daily News on Sat. Nov 22, 1986. The appropriateness of this newsgroup will become apparent only at the end of the letter: Science Lesson Bronx: About Cal Thomas' col- umn "Let's teach both fact and fiction" on creationism and evolution: He subtly implies that it is evolution that is the fiction. Evolution is incon- trovertible fact. It is only the explanations of it mechanisms that are theories. He is wrong in saying that the court of public opinion should decide which is right. In science, there is only one standard: the weight of the evidence. And although the evi- dence is incomplete regarding evolution, it completely rules out a creationist scenario. Craig Werner, Albert Einstein College of Medicine As this posting is pure self-aggrandizement, no followups would be appropriate. -- Craig Werner (MD/PhD '91) !philabs!aecom!werner (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517) "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day."