A poll a poll!
Aug. 29th, 2006 07:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gemfyreI have a bloody paid account. I need to use this feature.
This debate has come up a lot in my LJ reading lately. It has me bashing my head on a wall. Creationists insist students should be informed that evolution is a theory and should be taught ID along side it (as a science). Okay, no scientist worth their salt ever said evolution was not a theory. This problem crops up from people knowing nothing about the scientific method - which is the FIRST thing that should be taught to anyone studying science.
ID/creationism is not a science because it does not follow scientific method. They keep harping on about how there is scientific evidence to prove ID. I've yet to see any.
So, there are two options in my mind. Come back to reality and teach science in a science class and religion in a religion class. Or if they must let them teach ID as a science - with one condition. Make sure all the students are thoroughly educated on the scientific method first and give them ALL the info. Then you can let them decide as the creationists so desperately want. Anyone who knows about the scientific method is just gonna laugh at the ID argument as a science and it'll be placed back where it belongs soon enough.
[Poll #808986]
This debate has come up a lot in my LJ reading lately. It has me bashing my head on a wall. Creationists insist students should be informed that evolution is a theory and should be taught ID along side it (as a science). Okay, no scientist worth their salt ever said evolution was not a theory. This problem crops up from people knowing nothing about the scientific method - which is the FIRST thing that should be taught to anyone studying science.
ID/creationism is not a science because it does not follow scientific method. They keep harping on about how there is scientific evidence to prove ID. I've yet to see any.
So, there are two options in my mind. Come back to reality and teach science in a science class and religion in a religion class. Or if they must let them teach ID as a science - with one condition. Make sure all the students are thoroughly educated on the scientific method first and give them ALL the info. Then you can let them decide as the creationists so desperately want. Anyone who knows about the scientific method is just gonna laugh at the ID argument as a science and it'll be placed back where it belongs soon enough.
[Poll #808986]
