Rick Romea writes:

>I think there's a difference here. Excluding science fiction. I would say
>that the average person has far less 'real' experience with quantum theory
>and relativity than with evolution......I bet there are few people who
could give a single
>example of quantum mechanics or relativity at work in our daily lives.


>'Removing' quantum theory and relativity would, of course, destroy modern
>physics, but I think it would have far less of an impact on everyday
>experience with the world than removing evolution.


Maybe they don't know they have any experience with quantum mechanics, but
they would probably miss those transistors upon which computers are based.

And, who could deny the impact of that most dramatic illustration of the
relativistic conversion of matter into energy: the atomic bomb?

Kelly Cassidy