On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Nicholas Leippe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tell that to the zealots that are trying to change the nation's school > curriculum. They misunderstand the simple concept of fact vs > theory/belief. Yes, theory != belief, the former being testable--but > neither is strictly fact. So long as we always teach things only so > far as we know them (qualified appropriately), teachers should be free > and encouraged to present any/all information.
I agree, and it does go both ways. Religious zealots staying out of science is about as likely as science zealots (like Richard Dawkins) staying out of religion, unfortunately. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
