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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Teaching the "Controversy"

Thank you, all gods beneficent, for PZ Myers (although I'm sure he hates the idea). Neatest summary of the creationist/ID position:

He seems to be assuming that everything should be presented as the idea and its negation; like math class should teach "2 + 2 = 4" and "2 + 2 ≠ 4".

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