Re: Commentary: Science Fiction


Jason Spaceman wrote:
> From the article:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> by Noam Scheiber
>
(snip)

Now that I got my usual "registration" complaint out of the way, I have
a suggestion:

I would like defenders of good science education to quote Noam
Scheiber's words (with the context of course) and send send to
politicians and conservative commentators whenever they defend
creationism/ID/"equal time":

> But there was one thing Rauch didn't anticipate. At the time, he
> suggested that, even though creationists had adopted the tactics of
> the academic left--the demand for equal time--they still believed in
> objective truths. They just didn't think all of these truths were
> discoverable by science. By contrast, today's IDers have gone further
> and adopted the epistemology of the left--the idea that ostensibly
> scientific truths may be relative.

Note, I have no fantasy that it will accomplish anything significant.
But if it makes a few politicians and sensationalist media types a bit
uncomfortable by the association, it's worth it.

Oh, and before I get flamed, it is certainly not all of "the left" that
thinks that way.

(snip)

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