It seems like a good opportunity to broaden someone’s mind in a more general way that’ll benefit them in the long term. … But I’d like to phrase my e-mail in a way that’s most likely to cause her to re-evaluate her worldview.
The best way to convince her might be not to try to convince her at all. Just give her exactly what she’s asking for—the straight theory of natural selection in a convenient, readable form. Your secret ace in the hole is that it’s the truth. If she is willing to understand the theory, then reasons to accept it as true are everywhere. All of biology is linked to evolution, including the forensic DNA evidence that they talk about on CSI.
The best way to convince her might be not to try to convince her at all. Just give her exactly what she’s asking for—the straight theory of natural selection in a convenient, readable form. Your secret ace in the hole is that it’s the truth. If she is willing to understand the theory, then reasons to accept it as true are everywhere. All of biology is linked to evolution, including the forensic DNA evidence that they talk about on CSI.