byofrcs wrote:Using your student's logic there would be no Muslim veterinarians that performed autopsies to find out why an animal died (for example). If they google around e.g. http://www.malaysian-explorer.com/handl ... halal.html this is clearly some silly nonsense they made up and that all that's recommend is to have different work and normal clothes when handling this material (which is kind of obvious anyway).

quisquose wrote:I've just listened to the latest episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage which had Steve Jones as a guest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... n_Balance/

On the programme Steve Jones made a claim that between 10-20% of his biology students did not accept evolution. It is scary to think that these students are going to go into UK schools and hospitals.

It prompted my wife to ask, "why are they choosing to do science then?" ... Why indeed?

GenesForLife wrote:

quisquose wrote:I've just listened to the latest episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage which had Steve Jones as a guest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... n_Balance/

On the programme Steve Jones made a claim that between 10-20% of his biology students did not accept evolution. It is scary to think that these students are going to go into UK schools and hospitals.

It prompted my wife to ask, "why are they choosing to do science then?" ... Why indeed?

Jones teaches at my Uni.