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| ⚫ | '''Rosalind W. Picard''' is director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the ], and author of the ground-breaking textbook, ''Affective Computing''. | ||
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| ⚫ | '''Rosalind W. Picard''' is director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the ]. |
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| Recently, The ] reported<ref> </ref> that Dr. Picard signed the ]'s anti-evolution petition, "]". This petition has been widely used by its sponsor, the ], and ] in a national campaign to discredit evolution<ref></ref> and mandate the teaching of ] in public schools, and it has it has been the subject of ] and ]. | |||
| Although some of the signatories of the ''Dissent from Darwinism'' petition hold doctorates in science and engineering disciplines, only about one quarter of the signers have biological science backgrounds, and at least one signatory has abandoned the list, saying he felt mislead. By comparison, during the four-day drive ''] And For Public Schools Not To Teach Intelligent Design As Science'' gathered 7733 signatures of people who were verified to be scientists.<ref></ref> During the four days of the petition, it received 20 times as many signatures at a rate 690,000% higher than the Discovery Institute can claim.<ref></ref> | |||
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Rosalind W. Picard is director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, and author of the ground-breaking textbook, Affective Computing.