Despite overwhelming odds and centuries of precedent, the state of Kansas has successfully re-defined science. Six courageous board members ignored the naysayers who said it couldn't be done, and established that "a search for natural explanations of observable phenomena" is no longer an adequate definition of the scientific method. Because, let's face it, that sounds like a whole lot of work. Kansas can't expect its students to actually search for things; that would distract them from important duties like lifting small pigs and voting Republican. The Kansas school board should be applauded for having the courage to give up on the question of human origins and stride boldly forward into the sixteenth century.Is it just me, or does a one-way ticket out of the US keep looking more and more like a time machine to the future?
Oh, Kansas
The Disgruntled Chemist with yet another reason for our collective disgruntlement:
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