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Science Wins Over Creationism In South Korea
ananyo writes "South Korea's government has urged textbook publishers to ignore calls to remove two examples of evolution from high-school textbooks. The move marks a change of heart for the government, which had earlier forwarded a petition from the 'Society for Textbook Revise' to publishers and told them to make their own minds up about the demands. The petition called for details about the evolution of the horse and of the avian ancestor Archaeopteryx to be removed from the books. In May, news emerged that publishers were planning to drop the offending sections, sparking outrage among some scientists. The resulting furor prompted the government to set up an 11-member panel, led by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology. On 5 September, the panel concluded that Archaeopteryx must be included in Korean science textbooks. And, while accepting that the textbooks' explanation of the evolution of the horse was too simplistic, the panel said the entry should be revised rather than removed or replaced with a different example, such as the evolution of whales."
The Fellowship of the Rings should be taught in science class along side the [derisive tone] "theory" of evolution. Precious.
Your phone did not pop into existence by command of an almighty Creator. Instead, it evolved in over hundreds of years from insights and incremental improvements from many different people.
Silly Americans to think different(ly) (tm)
If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.
Woppa science style!
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
ACK
There are also no "columns of the earth" that are holding up the earth.
Right. Everyone knows it's held up by elephants.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Wow, if Korea turned against evolution, how would Zerg do their upgrades?