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Kansas Adopts New Science Standards
porcupine8 writes "The Kansas State Board of Education has changed the state science standards once again, this time to take out language questioning evolution. This turnaround comes fast on the heels of the ouster given this past election to the ultra-conservative Board members who originally introduced the language. 'Science' has also been re-redefined as 'a human activity of systematically seeking natural explanations' (the word 'natural' had been previously stricken from the definition). If you'd like to see the new standards, a version showing all additions and deletions is available from the KS DOE's website (PDF)."
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Henceforth, all activity and research in the field of computer science must be explained by natural phenomenom. The term 'bug' will use the September 9th, 1945 definition and nothing else. Unnatural explanations such as missing semi-colon's and its ilk fall into the category of religion and a belief structure not cohesive with the true definition of science.
I like his comment about if we come from monkeys, does that gives us the right to act like them?
Considering the way Creationists jump up and down and fling poo every time the word Evolution is used, I'd say his question has already been answered.
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You have to watch these local governments. In 1897 in the Indiana state house there was a War on Pi which almost made it equal to 3.20
Heresy! We have a perfectly rational explanation. 6000 years ago God created the Earth. There were people on it and those people were bad. So He caused a flood and wiped out everyone but Noah's family. And now, generations later, we're the result of Noah's sons and daughters having sex with each other to repopulate the Earth. Now whether you believe in God or not, I'm sure you can agree that this is the most sensible explanation for Kansas.
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and I would've gotten away with it TOO! If it hadn't been for you meddling kids!!!!!
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Sweet informative mod.
Not that I am questioning the wisdom of the fine system/people/whatever that determines which tags for a story are put on the front page but I fail to see how "buttsexwithfishsquirrels" is really..um...relevant.
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Bah, it's not because people didn't get a proper education -- it's because ID is totally true and totally scientific. Haven't you ever read about it? ;)
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Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
No. he is saying that he is the retarded offspring of five monkeys that had regular sex with a retarded fish-squirrel.
Apparently, our next task in Kansas is to amend the sex education textbooks.
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