{"id":15657,"date":"2013-01-30T06:25:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T12:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=15657"},"modified":"2013-01-30T06:25:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T12:25:43","slug":"science-vs-anti-science-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/30\/science-vs-anti-science-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Science vs. Anti Science Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a new anti-science bill in Arizona. Go read about it here.<\/a> It is interesting that these anti-science bills are sounding more and more like pro science bills except for just a few words that allow, encourage, and even require funding for the teaching of climate science denialism and creationism.<\/p>\n

Michael Zimmerman has a nice write up<\/a> on how the big boys in creationism have been rather flustered by a former High School Student (now College Student) Zach Kopplin who, as I’m sure you know, has been challenging creationists in halls of government and elsewhere for a few years now.<\/p>\n

When Ham was asked if he had seen an article about Zack Kopplin, a Rice University sophomore who has been fighting creationism since his high school days in New Orleans, he responded simply and clearly: “Yes — he is a product of the system — brainwashed by secularists — is so ignorant about what science really is — we are writing a blog about it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking of creationism and stuff, see how teaching it gets funded with public money! <\/a><\/p>\n

And, from Big Sky Country, we have this:<\/p>\n

When the time came for Montanans to speak about a creationist bill, no one but its author could be found to speak for it. Dozens of scientists, educators, theologians, and concerned parents came to the legislature to insist: “No creationism in Montana.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the video:<\/p>\n