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Gods_Peon said:In order for evolution to be truly scientific, it must be tentative (admits that it might not be correct rather than asserting certainty). Unless competing theories of the history of life are taught, then by default the school system is teaching evolution as certainty.
If you want to truly educate your children, you teach them all the evidences for all (or at least the widely held) theories, test their knowledge on those theories and let them form their own opinions based on the information at hand. That would be truly scientific.
Not offering the option is the only truely worthless science being taught.
Eon said:It doesn't stand up 100% of the time as written, but it's in the 90's.
Where did you get the notion that evolution was a certainty? It IS called a theory, is it not? Plus, you have to consider the differences between micro and macro evolution.
Does ID admit that it could be incorrect?
Arkanjel said:I think Intelligent design can mean many different things. Im not saying this is what they are teaching, just what I know of other definitions of intelligent design. That being that the soup that was here was aided by an outside force, i.e. little green men with too much time on there hands. Also it can mean creation by God. One im surprised they havent included is panspermia. Im sure that will be showing up soon the more we explore the rest of our solar system. Unfortunately only one is a creationist viewpoint, the rest simple move the point of origin to another palce without thoroughly explaining where that life came from.
Gods_Peon said:I'm saying that if the theory of evolution (which oddly enough was never referred to as theory when I was indoctrinated in it) is the only theory of life origins being taught, then the education system is teaching it as a certainty by default.
Students should be able to demonstrate the
interrelationships among science, technology and
society, by:
· understanding the significance of the fossil
record in indicating how the environment and
life forms have changed on Earth; the role of
inherited variations and the theory of evolution
in explaining these changes; and by assessing
traditional and alternative views of evolution,
within the context of...