The case for evolution (2)
A week ago, I did a posting about an essay I have written for my web site entitled “The Case For Evolution”. I felt that the web was missing a short and accessible – and accurate – guide to this most important of scientific thoughts. Since then, the essay has benefited from a number of revisions as a result of detailed and helpful comments from my scientific friends Nick Hobson and Phil Holt.
Now we have to hope that people will read and think about the essay. In that earlier posting, I wrote: ‘One test of the extent to which this essay meets a need will be how long it takes for a Google search on the words “case for evolution” to bring my work onto the first page of results.’
Well, just one week on, if you put inverted commas around those three words in a Google search, the clever search engine brings it up on the first page. Don’t you just love the power of the web?
On the other hand, if you use those three words without inverted commas, the top item is a piece putting the case against evolution. This highlights the need to know good search techniques.