The storage I was referring to was the black hole of forgotten factoids. :)
I live in Kansas so I'm all too familiar with creationism. One of their big talking points is that evolution is taught as a fact when it should be taught as a theory. -----Original Message----- From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: I love this story On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a good point considering that the average student will file the > arcane distinction between 'scientific theory' and 'theory' in the > same mental category as quadratic equations and the date that Napoleon > was defeated at Waterloo. Not really sure what you mean by that, other than they will file it away where they store all their other facts...? If you are going to study science, it's imperative that you know what a scientific theory is. But seriously, I was surprised that evolution was not already part of the > science curriculum in Florida. I don't have to go too far out on a > limb to say that it was probably taught anyway in most schools. I'm sure you are right. Most people know instinctively what is the proper course of action here. That is why it should be a mere formality that THE central doctrine of biological study should be required learning. Amazing that there is even a debate, but as I've said in the past....you will never be disappointed by underestimating the human animal. -- My word's but a whisper Your deafness, a shout ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
