Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hou3c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!rs From: rs@hou3c.UUCP (rs) Newsgroups: net.origins,net.religion,net.politics Subject: Re: Louisiana Creationism Law (A Soviet conspiracy?) Message-ID: <645@hou3c.UUCP> Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 10:07:45 EDT Article-I.D.: hou3c.645 Posted: Thu Jun 21 10:07:45 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 07:44:46 EDT References: <725@ihuxn.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 19 <> To all interested in this topic I would like to point out that no matter what one believes with respect to the Evolution vs. Creation Science debate, some good is arising from the issue. That is that people are examining what our children are being taught in the schools today. No matter what any scientist tells me today about the "theory" of evolution, when I was in school I was taught that some things were FACTS. PERIOD. Don't question them. And this is primarily due to the fact that it was easier for my teachers to teach this way then try to explain the methods of reasoning used to derive the current theories. No matter what is being taught, this type of teaching should be discouraged as no intellectual growth ("learning") really takes place then. This type of teaching hinders rather than helps a person to learn. (you can see how effective my English teachers were :-) Bob Switzer AT&T Bell Labs ...!houxf!hou3c!rs