Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Toward a more ignorant America


Well-funded attack on evolution send students to class with questions.

What is interesting is that these questions which sound difficult are easy to answer.

Of course, answering them doesn't change anyone's mind.

Once a frame is in place facts don't matter. Facts get ignored. Students starting at a lower grade need to have a better understanding of science and how it differs from other ways of thinking. Science advances by always questioning what they think they know and coming up with even better answers.

Fundamentalist faith is believing in your religious ideas because they have always been believed.

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