tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14956470.post4427974042168176001..comments2023-09-23T06:20:06.687-04:00Comments on Pocahontas County Fare: Evolution and Gravity: Everyday ProcessesRebecca Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494730619850791609noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14956470.post-53025086344324349892007-05-16T16:47:00.000-04:002007-05-16T16:47:00.000-04:00How nice to hear from you!The Selfish Gene came ou...How nice to hear from you!<BR/><BR/>The Selfish Gene came out when I was in grad school, and even then, I was amazed that someone could get so much career milage out of the "chicken and the egg" conundrum.<BR/><BR/>The last place I worked in microbiology was very publicity-conscious, and actually employed publicists to decide what words to use. <BR/><BR/>Many researchers in medicine are chemists by training, and just don't know a lot about evolution or ecology. The fact that people get emotional about "evolution" does nothing to encourage them to consider these topics.Rebecca Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494730619850791609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14956470.post-5041217179952283362007-05-16T12:33:00.000-04:002007-05-16T12:33:00.000-04:00Working in an antibiotic resistance lab, I often f...Working in an antibiotic resistance lab, I often feel the absence of the work evolution in the literature. While it pains me, since I am trained in evolution and microbiology, I often wonder if it is to avoid controversy or because they don't want to mention the word evolution because they don't know enough about evolutionary theory. In any case, I loved the post. Dawkins annoys me too.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15259240542054060509noreply@blogger.com