Bush and Evolution
After reading about President Bush’s endorsement of teaching of creationism,I am really angry about it. It is something i can’t help but obsess and be mad about. I am just angry that this president is allowing junk non science to be endorsed in education. this does not help the country in any way . first of all “intelligent design” is not valid theory. It lacks geniune lack of proven facts , evidence, and reproducable experiments. Evolution has used various fossil records and biology to back up its claim. i can go on and on about how evolution is based on real facts and science. it is just that the implications of teaching intelligent design that scares me. It has to do with the future this country’s future.
One of the major growing industry is Bioinformatics. I fear that misrepresentation evolution is going hurt this industry. Many young people will get the wrong idea of what science is. It may lead to a diminshing number of qualified scientists in this field of study / industry… i am probably just babling too much ….
Why does the “right” think we need to teach creationism/intelligent design along with evolution in public schools but should only teach abstinence when it comes to sex ed – why does needing to “teach both sides” only come into play when they are trying to crowbar something into schools but not when it comes to teaching kids how not to get pregnant and drop out of school?
That is a good point. the arguments aren’t rational at all…
Hey, let’s also teach children that when you aren’t looking for 10 minutes or so, toasters sprout wings and fly away! There is no good rationale for Intelligent Design. Why can’t these people just accept that things can be unknowable until they are discovered instead of intuiting answers from philosophy?