doug@hcr.UUCP (Doug Moen) (12/26/83)
The creationist debate is still blazing along in net.physics. It should probably be moved to another newsgroup, but there seems to be widespread opposition to the creation of net.origins, because it would somehow legitimize creationism as being a valid science. Well, since the creationists are arguing that evolution is really a pseudoscience, and vice versa, why not create a newsgroup net.skeptics (net.pseudoscience? net.phil-sci?) Which could be used to discuss pseudoscience, the philosophy of science, the creation vs evolution debate, its sociological and political implications, and so forth. Once the creationism/evolution debate dies down, other equally controversial topics will undoubtedly spring up (Jack Sarfatti's theory of supra-luminal communication, psychic phenomena, UFO's, etc, etc). PS: to forestall flames, I am *not* implying that either creationism or evolution are pseudosciences. I'm only attempting to establish a forum for discussing such claims. Doug Moen