PA Court Rejects Intelligent Design In The Classroom
I’d much rather live in a world where this wasn’t even a debate, but a victory is a victory.
PA Court Rejects Intelligent Design In The Classroom
I’d much rather live in a world where this wasn’t even a debate, but a victory is a victory.
A new Gallup poll shows that more than half of Americans reject evolution
. 31% believe that man evolved and God guided it, and only 12% believe that evolution just happened without anyone at the wheel.
A big shout out to the 12%.
In fact, I think that needs to be a t-shirt. A big “12%,” maybe with a subtitle about being proud of evolution. Would anyone else wear that?
BBC News
is reporting on new curriculum guidelines that will require biology teachers to address the creationist perspective in a unit on fossilization.
The exam board that issued the new syllabus insists that they’re not teaching it as a scientific theory. If it’s not a scientific theory, why would it be a required topic for a science class? *sigh*
Some religious fundies walked out of a presentation
during which Bill Nye criticized literal interpretations of the biblical creation story.
It’s good to know that their kids won’t learn reason or manners.
Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity, A.K.A. Doctors Doubting Darwin
, makes publicly available its list of members
.
The lesson here is that education won’t always squeeze the stupid out of you, even if you’re a doctor.