We (Americans) teach Science in schools. As I understand it, things like Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology all fall under the heading of Science, and these topics include things that Scientists the world over hold to be True, such as Evolution.
We don't teach Religion in schools because:
1) (not my point, but the real reason is) This country has something called the separation of church and state, and
2) Religious types the world over do not hold Christianity to be true. The analogy Evolution is to Science as Christianity is to Religion is not valid, because while assuming the theory of Evolution to be 'true' does not contradict other principles of Science, assuming Christianity to be 'true' does contradict most if not all salient points of other Religions. Christians and Hindus (who far outnumber Christians, by the way) do not agree that the Christian God created the Earth, but Christian scientists (not those ones, the ones who study scientific fact) and Hindi scientists probably agree that evolution, if not fact, is highly probable.
"As for Science vs. Religion, I am issuing a restraining order. Religion must stay fifty yards from Science at all times."
What do you see in the crystal ball about programming languages down the road, specifically related to web programming... for example, do we need a replacement for the popular web programming langs (java, perl, etc), that is more efficient especially in terms of development time? why can't programmers work together to develop a few languages that have features lots of people want- automatic cross-platform compatibility, human readability, high-level components and libraries, a meshing of procedural elements that make ui intuitive and higher-level functional-style elements that make underlying structures elegant, short, and quick to code (maybe people in general don't want that last one, but i do)- instead of coming up with many different languages to address specific preferences and needs? instead of having to learn seven languages to develop nice web applications, could the community come up with one or two that would do the same thing? props for staying on pbs, the least mind-numbing network out there.
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We (Americans) teach Science in schools. As I understand it, things like Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology all fall under the heading of Science, and these topics include things that Scientists the world over hold to be True, such as Evolution.
We don't teach Religion in schools because:
1) (not my point, but the real reason is) This country has something called the separation of church and state, and
2) Religious types the world over do not hold Christianity to be true. The analogy Evolution is to Science as Christianity is to Religion is not valid, because while assuming the theory of Evolution to be 'true' does not contradict other principles of Science, assuming Christianity to be 'true' does contradict most if not all salient points of other Religions. Christians and Hindus (who far outnumber Christians, by the way) do not agree that the Christian God created the Earth, but Christian scientists (not those ones, the ones who study scientific fact) and Hindi scientists probably agree that evolution, if not fact, is highly probable.
"As for Science vs. Religion, I am issuing a restraining order. Religion must stay fifty yards from Science at all times."
What do you see in the crystal ball about programming languages down the road, specifically related to web programming... for example, do we need a replacement for the popular web programming langs (java, perl, etc), that is more efficient especially in terms of development time? why can't programmers work together to develop a few languages that have features lots of people want- automatic cross-platform compatibility, human readability, high-level components and libraries, a meshing of procedural elements that make ui intuitive and higher-level functional-style elements that make underlying structures elegant, short, and quick to code (maybe people in general don't want that last one, but i do)- instead of coming up with many different languages to address specific preferences and needs? instead of having to learn seven languages to develop nice web applications, could the community come up with one or two that would do the same thing? props for staying on pbs, the least mind-numbing network out there.