Kansas Aims to Earn le of "Most Backasswards State in the Union"

[scott]

Pennselvania still has some fight in 'em, watch out.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Bunch of ignorant mofos

[gtownspur]

I think you can be a genius still and have doubts on evolution. Sir Isaac Newton didnt need evolution theory to discover law of gravity. EVolution theory isnt needed to write law, or develop jet engines. If you want to get into the medical or scientific field then you might need it. But pennicilin was discovered with out having to use evolution theory to arrive to its discovery.

[scott]

Doubts on evolution are fine, so long as your doubts can be examined in a scientific framework. "It seems too complex to me, so it musta been God" is not a scientific doubt.

[exstatic]

But pennicilin was discovered with out having to use evolution theory to arrive to its discovery.

Ironic, as penicillin immunity acquired by bacteria is basically proof OF evolution.

[gtownspur]

^^but It Was A Discovery....

[gtownspur]

Doubts on evolution are fine, so long as your doubts can be examined in a scientific framework. "It seems too complex to me, so it musta been God" is not a scientific doubt.

hOW BOUT THE lack of transition fossils to link the evolution of sapiens, and the fact that there have been forgeries commited like "pilt down man". As to ask that people not believe in GOd, thats way to fascist.

[gtownspur]

Ironic, as penicillin immunity acquired by bacteria is basically proof OF evolution.

or micro evolution and adaptation which doesnt necessarily disprove that GOd created the Universe or engineered it.

[spurster]

Science is not about proof and disproof. It is about evidence and the scientific method. Theories that have a lot of evidence beat theories that don't. Theories that have problems and a way to address them definitely beat theories that have problems and no way to address them. In evolution, the problems are being addressed by figuring out the genetic code and how genetic change can get from one point to another. In intelligent design, the same problems are evaded by passing the buck to an unknown, mysterious intelligent designer.

[spurster]

Kansas gets to keep the le for now.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/09/national/09dover.html

Evolution Slate Outpolls Rivals
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN

All eight members up for re-election to the Pennsylvania school board that had been sued for introducing the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in biology class were swept out of office yesterday by a slate of challengers who campaigned against the intelligent design policy.