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Tennessee

Should we “teach the controversy”?

April 18, 2012 by Randal

In “Monkeying around with common sense” I offered a critique of Tennessee’s new bill for teaching scientific controversies in school. My critique consisted of pointing out that this kind of method would be frowned upon in other knowledge discourses like history and English. So it seems inappropriate for this bill to single out science as […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: creationism, Discovery Institute, evolution, intelligent design, Teach the Controversy, Tennessee

Monkeying around with common sense: Tennessee’s anti-evolution bill

April 12, 2012 by Randal

According to the Huffington Post,  a bill is about to be enacted into law in Tennessee which intends to offer protection to teachers who want to encourage their students to explore “controversial” scientific perspectives. I’ll quote Huff Post quoting sections of the bill and then offer some commentary: In an effort to cultivate “intelligent, productive, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: creationism, evolution, intelligent design, public school, Tennessee

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