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the Texas State Board of Education adopted new science standards for the public schools in Texas
The new guidelines include language that leaves the door open for creationists to wedge religious myths into the science curriculum. The vote on the overall standard was 13-2 to adopt.
The insanity never stops. Florida tried to pass a similarly ridiculous bill, but it was shot down. I just do not understand why people who refuse to understand science keep trying to force those of us who do understand it to let them teach magic to our children and call it science. Just stop. Okay? Take some classes. Read a book. Talk to a 12 year old. Do something to learn how science works. Then come back and we'll talk.
This week... we shall review the evidence that the media actually kills people.
And it has been shown repeatedly that suicide increases in the month after a front page suicide story. There is also evidence that the effect is bigger for famous people and gruesome attempts.
I'm absolutely against any form of censorship, mind you, but I do agree with at least some of this. I don't blame it all on "the media" either really. They give the people what they want, right?
( Egyptology, evolution, and vending machine pizza )
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