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Subject: Re: Teaching multiple models of science
The problem with teaching creationism
Dan M wrote:
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The problem with teaching
On 31 Aug 2008, at 19:13, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote:
Dan M wrote:
I wouldn't put it that way, because there are a wealth of possible
future
tests. And theories that have been falsified are still taught in
science
class...in fact most physics that is being taught has been
At 01:40 PM Sunday 8/31/2008, William T Goodall wrote:
On 31 Aug 2008, at 19:13, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote:
Dan M wrote:
I wouldn't put it that way, because there are a wealth of possible
future
tests. And theories that have been falsified are still taught in
science
class...in fact
At 01:40 PM Sunday 8/31/2008, William T Goodall wrote:
I was taught that 22/7 was a handy approximation for pi but I wasn't
taught that it was pi.
Just like those things sold at McDonald's and similar fast food
places may be handy but are at best approximations of pie.
Caution: Filling
William T Goodall wrote:
On 31 Aug 2008, at 19:13, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote:
In a class that is about how science develops, that could well make
sense. I taught a class some years ago on History of Science, and that
is something I tried to bring into it. But I would (and did) insist
that
Not in school, and not in science class. In comparative religion,
maybe, but it's hard enough to teach good science without adding a
load of creation myths to the course. And that's the issue - Both
sides? No - because if they allow both sides they have to allow ALL
sides. That means
a course that seriously evaluated creation
science, the vaccine-autism correlation,
astrology, and Gaianism as theories of
science alongside biology, chemistry,
and physics would be worthwhile in teaching
what science
Dan M.
Those fundamentalists are so sure you know the mind of God
Those fundamentalists are so sure you know the mind of God they would
never allow such a course, if they could stop it...
jon
In the public school, of course not. It doesn't belong there; the nature of
the mind of God in inherently a theological question. But, Sunday school
is a
Dan M wrote:
Not in school, and not in science class. In comparative religion,
maybe, but it's hard enough to teach good science without adding a
load of creation myths to the course. And that's the issue - Both
sides? No - because if they allow both sides they have to allow ALL
sides. That
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