Re: Experts Worry

Susan Brassfield (susan-brassfield@ou.edu)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:10:38 -0600

>Bertvan:
>All the Kansas education board did was refuse to insist that school children
>be told that macro evolution is merely an accumulation of micro evolution.
>They even left the question open-those teachers who do believe macro
>evolution is merely an accumulation of micro evolution are still free to
>teach that as "fact". For this the Kansas education board is accused of an
>ignorant "anti-science campaign".

all scientific opinion is based on evidence as the Kansas school board very
well knows. "Macro evolution is merely an accumulation of micro evolution"
is an opinion. What the Kansas school board did was attempt to supress the
evidence for that opinion.

You are fond of saying "everybody is entitled to their opinion" and that is
true. But whether the opinion is worth anything more than hot air depends
on whether there is any *evidence* which supports that opinion.

Susan

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