Comments on: "Monkey Bill" Passes https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Anne H https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492036 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:42:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492036 Paul G, no not really, not in most schools. It can be bad, but these days it is not that bad everywhere.

]]> By: lorimakesquilts https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492035 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:54:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492035 Ugh, what debate and disputation is there among reputable scientists? Why do opinions of anyone else count? Yes, I know, being totally reasonable is a waste of time, particularly in TN apparently.

]]> By: PaulG https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492034 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:45:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492034 OK, we live in a country where the biology teacher is often referred to by his title, “Coach”. So it’s all pretty hopeless. If I was a biology teacher, I’d have been avoiding teaching evoution at all, as it is like a red laxative to a bull to some people. In fact, my bio teacher never mentioned evolution at all and he had a PhD in education. Now, teachers, if they want, can actually spend a few days covering evolution at the cost of spending a few days on comparative religion and maybe the smart kids will get it.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492033 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:46:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492033 FTW

]]> By: Spanish Inquisitor (John Purcell) https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492032 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:18:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492032 “House Bill 368 and Senate Bill 893… ”

Whoa! What a coincidence! It may even be diabolically inspired! Follow my thought process here.

Reverse the numbers in Bill 893 to 398. You now have House Bill 368 and Senate Bill 398. Then add the two 3s from the first digits of both bills, turn the 9 upside down to make 6 in the second digit (ignoring the other 6), and then…ummm… subtract 2 from the two 8s in the third digits, throw one of the resulting 6s out, and you have a combined bill of 666! So, Satan is behind this! Be gone, Satan!

(See how I did that? Just like the Tennessee legislature did when assuming there is a scientific controversy).

]]> By: WilloNyx https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492031 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:19:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/27/monkey-bill-passes/#comment-492031 My children are so lucky that they have us as parents. We live in a town that teachers repeatedly broke the law in respect to the teaching of evolution before TN makes it easy for them to. Pretty soon class will little more than Sunday School.

BTW, did I mention I hate my state?

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