Is Charles Darwin's Legacy Shaped by Politics and Religion?

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In summary, two gentlemen with different perspectives on Charles Darwin engaged in a political discussion that strayed into the realms of evolution and education. This highlights how politics and religion can influence scientific discourse.
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Here is an http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/PORTLAND-OR/KPOJ-AM/hartmann_podcast_20090212-2.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=PORTLAND-OR&NG_FORMAT=newstalk&SITE_ID=674&STATION_ID=KPOJ-AM&PCAST_AUTHOR=AM620_KPOJ&PCAST_CAT=News_%26_Politics&PCAST_TITLE=Thom_Hartmann_Nationwide" with two gentlemen of different perspectives on Charles Darwin.

Some of these arguments sound very familiar.

This is an example of how politics/religion pervade scientific discourse.
 
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Skyhunter said:
...This is an example of how politics/religion pervade scientific discourse.
?? There's little or no scientific discourse in that example; that was a political conversation straying into evolution, education.
 
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mheslep said:
?? There's little or no scientific discourse in that example; that was a political conversation straying into evolution, education.

Exactly.
 

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