A scientist who does not recognize the validity of evolution, is kind of like a cold fusion developer who refuses to recognize the validity of tags that begin with the letters "CF".
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://goo.gl/CROR > > "Quite why Dr Gavriel Avital was even selected to be chief scientist at > Israel <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/israel>'s ministry of > education<http://www.education.gov.il/moe/english/ind.htm>is probably > the most intriguing question that hangs over his tenure. But > this week we learned that his time in office is no more for he has finally > been sacked for the controversial remarks he made this year about > evolution<http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/evolution>and climate > change. > > The Israeli daily Haaretz is > reporting< > http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/sa-ar-dismisses-chief-scientist-for-questioning-evolution-1.317201 > >that > Gideon Sa'ar, the education minister who installed > Avital as his chief > scientist< > http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/education-min-taps-likud-activist-as-new-chief-scientist-1.3083 > >on > a "trial period" last December, dismissed the former head of > aeromechanics at defence firm Elbit > Systems<http://www.elbitsystems.com/elbitmain/>and member of the > right-leaning Professors > for a Strong Israel <http://www.professors.org.il/>, over his statements > "denying the tenets of evolution and global warming". (Avital also > unsuccessful ran for Sa'ar's Likud party in the 2006 Knesset elections.) > > The paper reports a ministry official as saying: "Someone who holds the > opinions of Avital cannot serve as chief scientist of the education > ministry." > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328611 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
