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| A Textbook Case of Junk Science |
| 2005-05-06 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 whether I should tutor her in the basics of physics and chemistry The answer is yes. Apparenly no one else will. Else in 20 years, when kids would be reading sci-fi, they would think that entropy is some kind of decaying foliage. And that would be the less important consequence. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-05-06 18:47 |
| #3 There has been a major dumbing down of science during my lifetime and I fear for the consequences. I talked to my 13 year old daughter's science teacher a couple of days ago and I asked her whether I should tutor her in the basics of physics and chemistry. I was told it wasn't necessary becuase she wouldn't be learning any. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-05-06 17:48 |
| #2 Jablonski, an expert in the evolution of skin color, says it takes at least 15,000 years for skin color to evolve from black to white or vice versa. Unless, of course, you're Michael Jackson... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-05-06 15:15 |
| #1 Insanity. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-05-06 15:11 |