Hi, This person is (to some extent) an well-paid entertainer, as popular with right wing folks as Al Franken (who can also be quite tiresome) is with liberals. I wonder if money clouds people's judgment. It would seem to me perfectly clear to most educated folk that if you introduce supernatural explanations you are no longer doing science. ID should be taught in theology and philosophy class, where such explanations don't violate the general precepts of the discipline. No one is forbidding the teaching of ID and creationism - we are simply banning it from SCIENCE. Much of the under-educated lay public doesn't "get it" because they don't understand what science is anyway. For Stein (and others) to fail to "get it" is much more puzzling to me, and suggests other agendas at work in their thinking. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA In a message dated 5/3/2008 5:16:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, let's not put science on a golden pedestal. Ben Stein was talking about uncontrolled, amoral, unethical, and immoral scientists who pervert their discipline in order to advance their own agenda. Cephalic indexing, the T-4 program, and various medical experiments with which we are all familiar offered in the name of science come to mind. Like anything, science can be used, misused, and abused by fallible people. To paraphrase Thomas Edison, what the minds of man create, the hearts must guide and control. Of course, in that vein, what Stein said about science can also be said about religion, for over the ages more harm has been done to man by man in the name of the Gods than in the name of anything else. Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmier http://therandomthoughts.edublogs.org/ Department of History http://www.newforums.com/Auth_L_Schmier.asp Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ (229-333-5947) /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\____/\ \/\ / \ \__ \/ / \ /\/ \ \ /\ //\/\/ /\ \_ / /___\/\ \ \ \/ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains \ /\ _/ \ don't practice on mole hills" -/ \ --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
