On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:35:53 +0000 (UTC), "John Edser"
 wrote:


>When pressed, the most ancient from of prejudice 
>"the argument from authority" is  wheeled out 
>using proposed random processes to grease
>its rusty wheels. I imagine that the reason why
>RN "can live with it" (where "it" refers to
>his/her _admitted_ but non specified level of degradation 
>of evolutionary theory using "drift as evolution" and 
>not drift as strictly, temporal variation, is that RN 
>is paid for such misuse .
>

I don't get paid enough to compensate for misuse.  However John will
be pleased to hear that teaching introductory biology is only a small
portion of my overall teaching, that teaching evolutionary biology is
only a small portion of introductory biology, and teaching genetic
drift is only a small portion of evolutionary biology. In other words,
the amount of money I receive specifically for indoctrinating my
unwitting and defenseless students with drivel like "genetic drift is
one of the major factors causing evolutionary change" is a mere
pittance.
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