Post #301 by sheila727 on the US Policy board

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The legislation's sponsor says by banning scientific theories, the policy aims to prevent kids from being taught things that aren't true.

"If we operate on the assumption that a theory is fact, unfortunately, it leads us to asking questions that may be potentially based on false assumptions," Emrich said.

The fact that this is even being considered as potentially legitimate leaves me beyond words. How can someone not recognize that this would outlaw in schools the kind of thinking that is essential to the evolution of knowledge and the process of discovering new facts. Back to the Dark Ages!

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