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From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac)
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Subject: Re: Creationists are not stupid
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 11:34:19 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 11:34:19 1984
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[Nothing up my sleeve]

     Actually, there is an interesting sociological study of
the creationist movement which was published recently.  The
author was Dorothy Nelkin. I don't remember the title.
I haven't mentioned it here because she devotes very little
space to the specifics of creationist belief, choosing instead
to concentrate on the group characteristics of creationists
and what has led them to reject scientific methodology.
I lent the book to a friend in Boston so the title won't
be available to me for a couple of months.
     There was also a Sci. Am. article by her a few years ago.

                         
"I can't help it if my     Ethan Vishniac
    knee jerks"         {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan
                           Department of Astronomy
                           University of Texas
                           Austin, Texas 78712