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Darwin’s Ideas Remain a Blessing for Some, Curse for Others
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Feb 06, 2009 03:30pm |
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| News Date | Monday, February 2, 2009 10:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Controversy continues to surround scientists’ use of Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory to develop improved technologies, even in the days before marking the 200th anniversary of the English naturalist on Feb. 12.
Although many scientists see Darwin’s ideas as an indispensible way to approach new applications in computer science, the field of medicine, and elsewhere, fundamentalist Christians still disagree on the teaching and application of those ideas.
Last month, the Texas State Board of Education “narrowly voted to delete a provision that required the teaching of the weaknesses and strengths of evolutionary theory,” according to the Houston Chronicle.
The board is set to face another proposal that would require students to consider the evolutionary principle that all organisms have a common ancestor. Supporters claim they would like children in schools to learn that there are “viable alternatives to evolution.”
Andy Ellington, a University of Texas evolutionary biologist, told the Chronicle that their argument is “almost amusing.” |
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