An ipetition petition entitled "A nationwide moratorium on the teaching of evolution in schools" has garnered 229 signatures at the time of writing this.
Please sign this opposing one and share the pants off it.
The "moratorium" petition calls on Mike Pence, described, incorrectly at the time of writing, as the "Vice President of the United States" to remove the teaching of evolutionary science from the core curriculum in American schools.
There are several problems with this idea.
Education is supposed to acquaint students with reality, and evolution is true. For proof of common descent , see my FAQ.
An understanding of evolution is essential to an understanding of the world. Nothing in biology (which includes human affairs) makes sense except in the light of evolution.
Evolution-denial employs several techniques that may be used to undermine science as a whole, from outright lies to misleading spin and cherry-picking, to amateur philosophical heckling. This contributes to the general dumbing down of society.
Please comment below, but also sign, share, and encourage others to sign and share. Let's nip this insanity in the bud.
Barry Desborough,
Retired teacher.
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December 21, 2016
I have been reading through your notes and I am genuinely moved by how many people care about keeping science in our classrooms. It turns out that I am just a person who wanted to point out a basic truth, but you all have turned this into something much bigger than I imagined.
December 21, 2016
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people have stepped up to defend the teaching of science. This momentum belongs entirely to you because I never imagined this would reach so many people.
19 Comments
This is ridiculous suppression of real science at the request of pseudoscience. It's depriving students of a valuable paradigm for understanding everything in Biology. Cut this crap out!
Mike Pence also thinks cigarette smoking is not harmful too.Pence took money from tobacco companies and fought tax hikes on cigarettes. He is anti-science and a ,menace to the education of this country. This is the start of the Republicans war on science in our schools and dumbing down of American citizens. Evolution is a fact in Biology period.
No nation can sell its children short on quality Science and hope to survive.
The next 4 years are going to be even tougher for the world now that DT is at the helm of the USA.
With all the UFOs showing up everyplace We might need to MERRY CHRISTMAS
Evolution is Real. Bronze Age myths are not...
Evolution is a fact and a theory.
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An ipetition petition entitled "A nationwide moratorium on the teaching of evolution in schools" has garnered 229 signatures at the time of writing this.
Please sign this opposing one and share the pants off it.
The "moratorium" petition calls on Mike Pence, described, incorrectly at the time of writing, as the "Vice President of the United States" to remove the teaching of evolutionary science from the core curriculum in American schools.
There are several problems with this idea.
Education is supposed to acquaint students with reality, and evolution is true. For proof of common descent , see my FAQ.
An understanding of evolution is essential to an understanding of the world. Nothing in biology (which includes human affairs) makes sense except in the light of evolution.
Evolution-denial employs several techniques that may be used to undermine science as a whole, from outright lies to misleading spin and cherry-picking, to amateur philosophical heckling. This contributes to the general dumbing down of society.
Please comment below, but also sign, share, and encourage others to sign and share. Let's nip this insanity in the bud.
Barry Desborough,
Retired teacher.
Updates
December 21, 2016
I have been reading through your notes and I am genuinely moved by how many people care about keeping science in our classrooms. It turns out that I am just a person who wanted to point out a basic truth, but you all have turned this into something much bigger than I imagined.
December 21, 2016
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people have stepped up to defend the teaching of science. This momentum belongs entirely to you because I never imagined this would reach so many people.
19 Comments
It is paramount and crucial to our existence that we teach evolution and scientific fact as fact and not let partisan and religious beliefs persuade us away from a theory that has substantial supporting evidence and replace it with something that is lacking hard evidence, lacks an explination and doesn't lead us any further than what has been written over 2000 years ago when we were at our infancy in terms of physical science knowledge and understanding of the physical world. It doesn't predict or lead us any fher her than we were then. Science doesn't discriminate, favor or try to do anything other than find correlation and facts. So it is crucial to our past present and future to keep on with the scientific method that naturally gravitated towards evolution.
This is ridiculous suppression of real science at the request of pseudoscience. It's depriving students of a valuable paradigm for understanding everything in Biology. Cut this crap out!
Mike Pence also thinks cigarette smoking is not harmful too.Pence took money from tobacco companies and fought tax hikes on cigarettes. He is anti-science and a ,menace to the education of this country. This is the start of the Republicans war on science in our schools and dumbing down of American citizens. Evolution is a fact in Biology period.
No nation can sell its children short on quality Science and hope to survive.
The next 4 years are going to be even tougher for the world now that DT is at the helm of the USA.
With all the UFOs showing up everyplace We might need to MERRY CHRISTMAS
Evolution is Real. Bronze Age myths are not...
Evolution is a fact and a theory.
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It is paramount and crucial to our existence that we teach evolution and scientific fact as fact and not let partisan and religious beliefs persuade us away from a theory that has substantial supporting evidence and replace it with something that is lacking hard evidence, lacks an explination and doesn't lead us any further than what has been written over 2000 years ago when we were at our infancy in terms of physical science knowledge and understanding of the physical world. It doesn't predict or lead us any fher her than we were then. Science doesn't discriminate, favor or try to do anything other than find correlation and facts. So it is crucial to our past present and future to keep on with the scientific method that naturally gravitated towards evolution.