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Evolution Battle Brews In Texas

Posted by Soulskill on from the extraordinary-claims-require-extraordinary-evidence dept.

oxide7 writes "In Texas, a battle is brewing over the teaching of evolutionary theory as the Board of Education considers a new set of instructional materials to be used in science classrooms. [Two sections of the new material] deal with the origin of life. Those sections say the 'null hypothesis' is that there had to be some intelligent agency behind the appearance of living things. It is up to the scientists proposing a naturalistic explanation to prove their case."

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  1. Re:sad isn't it ? by ShakaUVM · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Wrong. A scientist who is a theist is someone who says, "I believe that the universe is rational and can best be understood through observation and careful examination of the facts at hand....except when it comes to God of course." It makes absolutely no sense and is cognitive dissonance to the highest degree.

    Wrong. A logical person says, "There's lot of things that can't be studied for science, which is why we have other fields, like history and religion or ethics."

    Only a fool (or a logical positivist, which is the same thing) thinks that science can study anything, and only scientifically proven things can matter.