Hey Chimpy!
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ptpgradFor you, but available for anyone who wants to know from the website I sent you to before (not up yet, but going to the designer)...it's about that evolution vs. "intelligent design" thing...
To the SIVB Membership:
The Public Policy Committee urges members in Georgia and Kansas, as well as
other states where the concept of Evolution is under attack, to speak up in
defense of the separation of science and religion. Whereas a discussion of
Intelligent Design is perfectly warranted in courses on Religion or
Philosophy, it is not science. Evolution is fundamental to the science of
Biology and allows for testable hypotheses to be posed. The concepts
inherent to Evolution are testable and the Theory of Evolution is based on
those results. Further, many scientists do not find conflict between their
own personal religious beliefs and the Theory of Evolution.
It is also clear from the charges leveled by those espousing the teaching
of Intelligent Design as a science, that they do not understand the
difference between an hypothesis and a theory. The former is posed, tested,
and can lead to the establishment of the set of scientific rules whereby a
subset of the natural world can therefore be defined leading to formulation
of the latter. Until the idea of Intelligent Design can be properly tested
in a well-controlled experiment, it remains in the arena of Religion where
belief is the main tenet of acceptance.
From:
The SIVB Committee on Public Policy
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BATTLE OVER EVOLUTION EDUCATION CONTINUES IN GEORGIA AND KANSAS
GEORGIA: On 4 May 2005, a federal appeals court denied a request by the
school board of Cobb County, GA, to delay the removal of evolution
disclaimers from its science textbooks. School board officials ordered use
of the disclaimers--which call evolution "a theory, not a fact"--in
2002. A group of concerned parents responded with a lawsuit and US
District Judge Clarence Cooper subsequently ruled the disclaimers
unconstitutional. Cobb County officials are appealing the decision, but
for now, they will have to stick to the Court-ordered plan to remove the
disclaimers this summer. (See the 18 January 2005 Public Policy Report for
more details,
www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports/public-policy-reports-2005_01_18.html).
KANSAS: The Kansas State Board of Education began its 'hearings' on
evolution and intelligent design/creationism on 5 May 2005. The American
Association for the Advancement of Science and other invited science
organizations and scientists have refused to participate in what has been
described as a kangaroo court designed to build public support for the
Board's anticipated decision to reintroduce intelligent design/creationism
into statewide science standards.
For more evolution education related information or to join your state's
evolution list serve, please go to
http://www.aibs.org/public-policy/teaching_evolution.html.
To the SIVB Membership:
The Public Policy Committee urges members in Georgia and Kansas, as well as
other states where the concept of Evolution is under attack, to speak up in
defense of the separation of science and religion. Whereas a discussion of
Intelligent Design is perfectly warranted in courses on Religion or
Philosophy, it is not science. Evolution is fundamental to the science of
Biology and allows for testable hypotheses to be posed. The concepts
inherent to Evolution are testable and the Theory of Evolution is based on
those results. Further, many scientists do not find conflict between their
own personal religious beliefs and the Theory of Evolution.
It is also clear from the charges leveled by those espousing the teaching
of Intelligent Design as a science, that they do not understand the
difference between an hypothesis and a theory. The former is posed, tested,
and can lead to the establishment of the set of scientific rules whereby a
subset of the natural world can therefore be defined leading to formulation
of the latter. Until the idea of Intelligent Design can be properly tested
in a well-controlled experiment, it remains in the arena of Religion where
belief is the main tenet of acceptance.
From:
The SIVB Committee on Public Policy
********************************************************************************************
BATTLE OVER EVOLUTION EDUCATION CONTINUES IN GEORGIA AND KANSAS
GEORGIA: On 4 May 2005, a federal appeals court denied a request by the
school board of Cobb County, GA, to delay the removal of evolution
disclaimers from its science textbooks. School board officials ordered use
of the disclaimers--which call evolution "a theory, not a fact"--in
2002. A group of concerned parents responded with a lawsuit and US
District Judge Clarence Cooper subsequently ruled the disclaimers
unconstitutional. Cobb County officials are appealing the decision, but
for now, they will have to stick to the Court-ordered plan to remove the
disclaimers this summer. (See the 18 January 2005 Public Policy Report for
more details,
www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports/public-policy-reports-2005_01_18.html).
KANSAS: The Kansas State Board of Education began its 'hearings' on
evolution and intelligent design/creationism on 5 May 2005. The American
Association for the Advancement of Science and other invited science
organizations and scientists have refused to participate in what has been
described as a kangaroo court designed to build public support for the
Board's anticipated decision to reintroduce intelligent design/creationism
into statewide science standards.
For more evolution education related information or to join your state's
evolution list serve, please go to
http://www.aibs.org/public-policy/teaching_evolution.html.