Those that support evolution, tell me where you got your information from?

Question

R+S because it gives this and my last question a nice sense of balance.

I know talkorigins.com is the weapon of choice in R+S, but I'll make it a bit tougher on you guys and ask you to name others ;)

talkorigins.org Sorry.

Answer 1

The myriad sources that talkorigins cites?

Don't use that site as a primary source. Use the sources IT cites. There are hundreds.

We link to that site so often because it has good, complete explanations that are well-sourced and backed up. The sources behind the 'articles' there are the REAL 'weapons' when one of us links to talkorigins.

Answer 2

1. 9th grade biology class, which was at a private Catholic school and taught by a Xavierian Brother. So much for the argument that one can't a Christian and accept evolution.

2. Richard Dawkins, "The Blind Watchmaker" (book)

3. Ken Miller (numerous essays and video clips; personally I like his style more than that of Dawkins. And oh yeah: Miller just so happens to be a Christian too.)

4. Stephen Jay Gould (essays and books, plus appearances in some documentaries. He had a GREAT knack for putting things in laymans terms as best as he could.)

5. Ernst Mayr, "What Evolution Is" (book)

6. James Huger, "The Watchmaker" (short parody tract, but effective: http://www.jhuger.com/watchmaker )

7. "Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea" (a documentary DVD I picked up at the Boston Museum of Science, who had a great display)

8. Various textbooks when I was doing some mathematical modeling of biological systems, for my BS & MS in mathematics.

9. Observing the world around me and realizing that "A big invisible man did it" is a cop-out to learning about the world. Whether deity fulfills a personal SPIRITUAL need for the INDIVIDUAL is irrelevant to good science.

But why cite all these sources when I can point to a website that debunks some tiresome fallacious argument about evolution that I've heard a million times?

Answer 3

1. A decent public school education.

2. Undergrad studies in biochemistry and biology.

3. Graduate School Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

4. Independent reading.

5. Countless seminars.

Answer 4

Encyclopedia Brittanica (yes, I'm THAT old) Scientific American probably. Never had an actual class in it. Oh, and of course what I read accords with my own observation. Look at how different animals are related - whales with fingers turned flipper, turtles with hips turned shell. The evolution story is simply amazing and fantastic - and real!

Answer 5

National Geographic magazine.

Science writers David Quammen and Nicholas Wade, both superb.

Organic Chemistry 161, first year of college.

Answer 6

without even reading a book.
Just like another question I recently answered. I look a the world around me and sit in amazement. Then I notice things really actually look alike in many ways. Evolution simply makes sense.

Answer 7

PBS has some interesting stuff on evolution.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/05/2/l_052_05.html

I've also taken a lot of information from various university websites.

Also, some biology and anthropology classes in college.

Answer 8

Umm...mostly the 3 bio classes I had to take in college.

I tend to not discuss science too much on here or in my actual life, as I'm not a scientist and don't care about it much. If I absolutely have to find information about something, I just research it to death online. I don't have one source in particular that I use.

Answer 9

From science and biology books & magazines I've been reading since the 3rd grade....

Answer 10

first: ha ha I made you lol in the office. Score! ;)

Second, beyond talkorigins (which makes for good R&S fodder thanks to its summary mode and excellent search function) mayn universities have put all manner of courses out in the world in a variety of formats. I collect them here:
http://del.icio.us/acidzebra/education?setcount=100

That there is a lifetime of education.