Re: ID

From: Wesley R. Elsberry (welsberr@inia.cls.org)
Date: Mon May 29 2000 - 13:42:22 EDT

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Bertvan wrote:

WRE>If proponents of some idea claimed to be scientific should
WRE>ever resort to the legislatures and courts to prevent any
WRE>competing idea from being discussed in the classroom
WRE>(Tennessee v. Scopes), cast vague doubts about a competing
WRE>idea (various "textbook disclaimers"), or to mandate the
WRE>teaching of their own view as if scientific (Arkansas Act 590
WRE>and similar), I would urge students to be skeptical of
WRE>whatever was being advanced politically rather than through
WRE>scientific peer review.

[...]

BV:Below are excerpts from the newspaper article:

[...]

Thanks for documenting yet another example of political
rather than scientific action. I forgot to mention pressuring
local school authorities in my list. That was an oversight
that I will be happy to correct in the future.

Wesley

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