If anyone doubts that their is a “War on Science” in the United States just read The Missing Link article from the Arkansas Times. A teacher at a “science education institution that serves several Arkansas public school districts” explained to the author of the article…
Teachers at his facility are forbidden to use the âe-wordâ? (evolution) with the kids. They are permitted to use the word âadaptationâ? but only to refer to a current characteristic of an organism, not as a product of evolutionary change via natural selection. They cannot even use the term ânatural selection.â?
This teacher is also a geologist. He explains…
I am instructed NOT to use hard numbers when telling kids how old rocks are. I am supposed to say that these rocks are VERY VERY OLD … but I am NOT to say that these rocks are thought to be about 300 million years old.â?
It’s not just happening in Arkansas. This type of thinking (rejecting science for whatever reason) is alive and well in the MSM. Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” George Will gave us a bizarre “science lesson” on Global Warming. Crooks and Liars has the video. Update: Perhaps George Will should read Why global warming is not natural in the Sunday Times.
