wonky
March 13, 2004, 3:43pm
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edwino:
Obviously this is a big change from Kansas and other school boards who used to just come out and put their cards on the table, calling for inclusion of creationism in their curricula, or more commonly calling for omission of evolution from curricula and standardized tests. It is much more subtle, much more dangerous, much more likely to succeed, and much harder to quash. Has this been used before?
One of the amusing things about this attempt is that the media, in their rush to simplify every little thing, merely reported the story as “Ohio School Board Okays Creationism” and “Ohio School Board Denies Evolution.”
In other words, while they may be trying to be subtle and sneaky, the media won’t let them.
Julie
Firstly, I can’t seem to find a source saying how every member of the Board voted on this.
Secondly, only 11 of the members are elected. Six are appointees of Governor Taft. This makes removing them harder.
Not that I personally dispute Evolution, but in all fairness you can’t really say that.
From the article you linked:
Biologists consider the existence of biological evolution to be a fact.
Well of course they do. The same way creationists believe God to be 100% indisputable fact.
Given the number of scientists in this thread I’m surprised no-one has already trotted out the old axiom: You can never prove a theory. Only disprove it. 1+1=2 only until 1+1=3.
There is innumerable supporting evidence for the theory of evolution. Which is great until you get the Second Coming Of Christ or some Galatic Super Being dumping us sea monkeys out of his tank.
This is a total nonsequitor from what I can see.
Scientific fact is well-defined. It deals with observations. Evolution is observed: therefore it is fact.
Even if the Second Coming happened evolution would still be observed to be scientific fact.
