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Ohio's antiscience bill unimproved
September 9, 2014 at 9:15 pm
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Quote:Ohio's House Bill 597 is still a threat to the integrity of science education in the Buckeye State, NCSE's Glenn Branch told Ohio Public Radio (September 8, 2014).
As NCSE previously reported, a provision requiring the state's science standards to "prohibit political or religious interpretation of scientific facts in favor of another" was removed by the House Rules and Reference Committee, only to be replaced by a provision requiring students to "review, in an objective manner, the scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific theories."
Such "strengths and weaknesses" language, Branch explained, is invariably selectively applied to evolution, climate change, and similarly socially — but not scientifically — controversial topics. "You're surely not going to see the scientific strengths and weaknesses of osmosis or photosynthesis being presented under the provision of the bill should it pass," he commented.
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Sigh...the ID/creationists just continue to make their tactics more sneaky. Also, how can students review scientific theories in an objective manner if they are not taught about the scientific method?
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RE: Ohio's antiscience bill unimproved
September 9, 2014 at 9:16 pm
That's because they are all scum.
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RE: Ohio's antiscience bill unimproved
September 9, 2014 at 9:18 pm
(September 9, 2014 at 9:15 pm)Dolorian Wrote: Quote:Ohio's House Bill 597 is still a threat to the integrity of science education in the Buckeye State, NCSE's Glenn Branch told Ohio Public Radio (September 8, 2014).
As NCSE previously reported, a provision requiring the state's science standards to "prohibit political or religious interpretation of scientific facts in favor of another" was removed by the House Rules and Reference Committee, only to be replaced by a provision requiring students to "review, in an objective manner, the scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific theories."
Such "strengths and weaknesses" language, Branch explained, is invariably selectively applied to evolution, climate change, and similarly socially — but not scientifically — controversial topics. "You're surely not going to see the scientific strengths and weaknesses of osmosis or photosynthesis being presented under the provision of the bill should it pass," he commented.
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Sigh...the ID/creationists just continue to make their tactics more sneaky. Also, how can students review scientific theories in an objective manner if they are not taught about the scientific method?
Ohio should have a lot of fun falling behind the rest of the world in educational standards in order to appease an invisible god who they fear will send them to hell if they do too much book larnin.
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Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
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RE: Ohio's antiscience bill unimproved
September 9, 2014 at 9:19 pm
(September 9, 2014 at 9:16 pm)Minimalist Wrote: That's because they are all scum.
Creationists are universally ignorant, dishonest, and/or utter frauds.
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RE: Ohio's antiscience bill unimproved
September 9, 2014 at 9:20 pm
Damn it all
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For context, this is the previous verse:
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RE: Ohio's antiscience bill unimproved
September 9, 2014 at 9:25 pm
Honestly, this (without ulterior motives) is how science is done. Evaluate the evidence on its own merit.
Too bad the ulterior motives might spoil what should be a good thing.
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RE: Ohio's antiscience bill unimproved
September 9, 2014 at 9:30 pm
Quote:Evaluate the evidence on its own merit.
That is NOT what these jesus freak fuckheads have in mind.
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RE: Ohio's antiscience bill unimproved
September 9, 2014 at 10:22 pm
(September 9, 2014 at 9:18 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote: (September 9, 2014 at 9:15 pm)Dolorian Wrote: Source
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Sigh...the ID/creationists just continue to make their tactics more sneaky. Also, how can students review scientific theories in an objective manner if they are not taught about the scientific method?
Ohio should have a lot of fun falling behind the rest of the world in educational standards in order to appease an invisible god who they fear will send them to hell if they do too much book larnin.
As part of the United States, Ohio's educational standard is already behind the rest of the world.
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