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February 02, 2004
Evolution
It's worth remembering that the theory of evolution is a little bit different than the "theory" of creationism or "intelligent design." You can believe anything you want -- that's your right. But you can't teach science based on a belief system. You have to pretty much accept the whole scientific theory thing -- hypothesis, testing, theories, modifications to those theories over time. Otherwise, you're not really teaching science and the kids that you're not really teaching will not really be discovering new cures for illnesses and not really designing new technologies to better mankind's existence.
That said, I have a "theory" for how Kathy Cox got elected Superintendent of Education in the state of Georgia. It has something to do with Georgia's 50th in the nation education system and the fact that "K" and "C" sound an awful lot alike.
Posted by Chris at February 2, 2004 01:56 AM
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On a related note, how has evolution been tested? I can certainly understand an attack on it from the hard science community, if not from the religious fundamentalists.
(Not that I don't think it's the most likely explanation for the origins of species.)
Posted by: zachary d smith at February 2, 2004 09:14 AM
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