The Texas State Board of Education has overturned its own requirement that public schools teach the strengths and weaknesses of scientific theories presented in the classroom, watering down its language to this less stringent standard: “in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate and critique scientific explanations … including examining all sides of scientific evidence of…
Category: Evolution
Darwinists Weigh in on Texas Education
Lisa Falkenberg’s commentary at the Houston Chronicle leaves no doubt that she’s in favor of teaching Texas children that Darwin’s theory about the origins of species as if it were proven, incontrovertible fact. If only that were the case – then perhaps this tiresome debate could finally be put aside. Darwin’s theory about our origins…
Liberals’ Take on Texas Science Ed Misses Wide Left
Writing about the controversy the Texas Board of Education sparked by removing a requirement to teach evolution on its merits, Steven Benen neatly summed up the left’s position in his article at the Washington Monthly. His points and my replies are below, his in plain black, mine mine in blue italics. Enjoy! At some point…
Texas Board to Block Teaching Evolution’s Shortcomings
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Texas State Board of Education has tentatively decided drop its 20-year-old requirement mandating that science teachers address both “strengths and weaknesses” of the scientific theory originated by Charles Darwin in the 19th century, capping a heated debate on the topic. In Texas, the theory of evolution now has no…
Self-selecting DNA
Michael Medved writes that the idea that Americans have an inherent – even Darwinistic – advantage over other peoples is gaining additional respect in the scientific community as a result of new research. The reason? Immigrants who self-selected themselves have a greater tendency to exhibit risk-taking and inventive skills. Perhaps. But I wonder if we’ve…
Travel and Evolution
Dave Winer says that we like to travel because natural selection favors those who like to travel: Leaving one place for another is a big part of being human. And the reason we like travelling so much is that evolution culled out those of us who didn’t. And maybe this also answers the question why,…