Originally posted by Red Nemesis
OFM, the specific vocabulary you use is inordinately slanted. I'd be careful about using the word "guesstimate" in any sort of formal paper.
This paragraph disgusts me. Schools are implemented to give far more than just marketable skills. That is why four years of English is required in nearly every single college's admission guidelines. That is why schools have drama departments, music departments, art departments. That is why we are taught history as a graduation requirement.
History is obviously important "we learn from our mistakes" kind of thing. Music is a life-skill and may not be used to gain intrinsic value in most cases, but is definitely not useless. Drama is a legitimate field for a career. English is a life skill. It's important to be able to express yourself with correct form and intelligence.
you are far less human than I gave you credit for.
Thank you.
Better stop teaching about the Holocaust, so that the Holocaust deniers don't have a reason to "launch attacks!" Better censor and punish our presses, so that the Muslims never get upset about a picture of Muhammed!
this obviously isn't an arbitrary theory that doesn't have relevance in today's society. This is also a slippery slope. I'm also not saying to censor anything. If we were to do the opposite of this point and un-censor everything, you would OBVIOUSLY have some very disturbed children on your hands. "censoring" is not choosing what to ingrain in children's heads.
Yeah, we definitely want laymen to have more of an impact on the fundamental knowledge necessary for the continuation of science. That is something we should all work towards. Yes. [/B]
I've explained that i'm talking about theories such as abiogenesis, big bang, etc. ones that allegedly happened before we were apes. not teaching these in lower education would not hurt modern science in any way.