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Science Ability Down in U.S. High Schools
An anonymous reader writes "According to the International Herald Tribune, a nationwide test has shown that the ability to reason scientifically is less well developed across the board for high schoolers. Fourth graders, ironically, are actually better at reasoning in the sciences now than they were ten years ago." From the article: "The drop in science proficiency appeared to reflect a broader trend in which some academic gains made in elementary grades and middle school have been seen to fade during the high school years. The science results come from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a comprehensive examination administered in early 2005 by the Department of Education to more than 300,000 students in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and on U.S. military bases around the world."
Second Post! (Awaiting extra-credit and participation credits....)
(Maybe I'll get extra credits?...)
Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
Going out for "liquid lunches" and smoking pot, dropping acid, eating mushrooms, etc. was common for me back in high school (early 1980s) and I did well in school. In fact many of the people who I hung out with back then doing the same things all well with their lives. All are quite smart, too (not saying I am
Trolling is a art,
"You don't try to disprove your theory. But you must be open to the fact that your theory can be wrong. That is where pathological science and the likes come in." You absolutely try to disprove your theory. Good grief, I suppose this is a good example of what the article was talking about. By attempting to disprove it you find the flaws, if there are any, in the theory or hypothesis. You then adjust the theory accordingly. Moreover, the dogmatic neo-Darwinist is far from "open to the fact that (their) theory can be wrong."
And why do you assume it mythology? Is it inaccurate historically? A miracle is nothing, if indeed there is a God. You assume Christianity as mythology and therefore a miracle is unfathomable to you. One wonders why it would be a miracle at all if it were easily explained. What I do have that you don't have is historical evidence written down and preserved through the generations. I have eyewitness accounts as written in the Bible attesting to the death, burial and resurrection of Christ and his other miracles. Don't assume a blind faith on my part. It is well-reasoned and thought out.
Gravity and the laws of thermodynamics are not comparable to the theory of molecules-to-man evolution in that you can't test and verify molecules-to-man evolution. In addition, the second law of thermodynamics flies blatantly in the face of evolutionary theory. Thanks for bringing it up! Further, the theory of Relativity is a scientifically falsifiable theory(or not) meaning it also doesn't belong in the realm of "The Big Bang" or molecules-to-man evolution. If someone were able to prove Einstein wrong in part of his theory there certainly wouldn't be a big defensive uproar as is found any time the theory of evolution is challenged.