The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

Alex · 02-20-2007, 12:08 PM

Not particularly political but it has me baning my head on my desk anyway to learn within minutes of each other that

Rhode Island University granted a PhD in geosciences to someone who believes the earth to only be several thousand years old (and therefore, he presented research he did not believe to be true).

A New Jersey public school history teacher tells his class that there were dinosaurs on Noah's ark and that those who don't accept Christ as their savior are going to hell gets transferred to teach the same class to a different group of students.

There is a new bit of claptrap in the vein of What the &#%*& Do We Know? (called The Secret) sweeping the nation which means another couple thousand people who will think that quantum mechanics tells us things it doesn't.

At least the Kansas School Board of Governors pulled their heads out of their asses for one election cycle.

02-20-2007, 12:08 PM	#11
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Not particularly political but it has me baning my head on my desk anyway to learn within minutes of each other that Rhode Island University granted a PhD in geosciences to someone who believes the earth to only be several thousand years old (and therefore, he presented research he did not believe to be true). A New Jersey public school history teacher tells his class that there were dinosaurs on Noah's ark and that those who don't accept Christ as their savior are going to hell gets transferred to teach the same class to a different group of students. There is a new bit of claptrap in the vein of What the &#%& Do We Know?* (called The Secret) sweeping the nation which means another couple thousand people who will think that quantum mechanics tells us things it doesn't. At least the Kansas School Board of Governors pulled their heads out of their asses for one election cycle.
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