出版社：Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto
摘要：Originally published in Glot International 3,8, page 10, October 1998. Some years ago in New England I attended a public debate on the age of the earth and the origin of species. Defending the current scientific consensus was a young zoology professor at the university; his opponent was an advocate of “creation science” from California. They took turns at the podium, illustrating their remarks with slides that were projected on a large screen.
