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Cherry Moore, supporting S&W, claims that the Great Unconformity is a weakness in the geological explanation of the Grand Canyon. Sadly, no!
Terri Leo sez that all discoveries are made because of weaknesses. But this is silliness. First, students in high school aren't generally in the business of conducting groundbreaking research. Second, that's a strange twist on the process of science.
It took less than 45 minutes for the Board to start getting snippy.
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Peter Johnston, parent, fmr. SBOE candidate, lawyer: Teach S&W. History of science shows that we aren't all objective. "Powers that be in science … resist change." Difficult to see outside the box. Maundering on Kuhn.
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Colin White, a student, thinks textbooks suck because they don't invent weaknesses of evolution.
Insulted by people who think high school students don't know everything. Or something.
Mercer: Students are great.
Leo: "By presenting only one side, would you say that students out there might walk…
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