"Science" with finger quotes.
May. 3rd, 2003 04:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unbibiumIf creationism is being taught in schools in the South, and only men can bake cookies in textbooks nationwide, then perhaps we should start a campaign to get schools to start teaching parallel chemistry curricula.
Right now, our children are being taught that in combustion, material combines with oxygen in the air. But, in the name of fairness, should we not also propose the alternate theory of combustion, that phlogiston is released from flammable objects into the air? And, of course, tell the children to use their own critical thinking facilities to decide for themselves which is true.
Hell, I'm not putting any kids into this system, so why the hell not? But if you are, maybe you should read the book whose review I just linked to.
Right now, our children are being taught that in combustion, material combines with oxygen in the air. But, in the name of fairness, should we not also propose the alternate theory of combustion, that phlogiston is released from flammable objects into the air? And, of course, tell the children to use their own critical thinking facilities to decide for themselves which is true.
Hell, I'm not putting any kids into this system, so why the hell not? But if you are, maybe you should read the book whose review I just linked to.
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Date: 2003-05-04 12:54 am (UTC)