Comments on: What’s the hell is the matter with Kansas? http://www.parmet.net/david/2005/05/06/whats-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-kansas/ I'm thinking about working on this design... honest Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:59:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Gary http://www.parmet.net/david/2005/05/06/whats-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-kansas/#comment-6746 Gary Sat, 07 May 2005 13:45:01 +0000 http://www.parmet.net/david/2005/05/06/whats-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-kansas/#comment-6746 Bob, I live "next door", as it were in the St. Louis area. I have a feeling that we're not too far from moving toward intellegent design. With our current regime, well, it wouldn't be surprising. I think what irritates me is that, despite the evidence they hammer the "Theory" aspect. It's looking for proof versus The Truth(R). But, as Richard Feynman said, "In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universllay the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth." Bob, I live “next door”, as it were in the St. Louis area. I have a feeling that we’re not too far from moving toward intellegent design. With our current regime, well, it wouldn’t be surprising.

I think what irritates me is that, despite the evidence they hammer the “Theory” aspect. It’s looking for proof versus The Truth(R).

But, as Richard Feynman said, “In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universllay the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.”

]]> By: Bob http://www.parmet.net/david/2005/05/06/whats-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-kansas/#comment-6745 Bob Sat, 07 May 2005 12:26:03 +0000 http://www.parmet.net/david/2005/05/06/whats-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-kansas/#comment-6745 If you want to read the KC Star article he links to, some registration info was created by the nice folk over at KC's alternative weekly http://www.pitch.com/issues/2003-10-23/news/strip.html If you want to read the KC Star article he links to, some registration info was created by the nice folk over at KC’s alternative weekly

http://www.pitch.com/issues/2003-10-23/news/strip.html

]]> By: Bob http://www.parmet.net/david/2005/05/06/whats-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-kansas/#comment-6744 Bob Sat, 07 May 2005 05:29:03 +0000 http://www.parmet.net/david/2005/05/06/whats-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-kansas/#comment-6744 Ahem. Having been here for going on 14 years, I have to say, it's gotten worse in the last 3 or 4 years. There's been this ongoing tug-of-war on the state board of ed between the reasonable folk and those "with god on their side." Sadly, it looks like the righteous are holding sway, at least for the time being. I heard how the reps of the science community are boycotting the hearings and how the chair of the meeting basically said he agreed with what the "intelligent design" folk were saying. Sad time to be an academic here. Anywhere, really, but here especially. Ahem.

Having been here for going on 14 years, I have to say, it’s gotten worse in the last 3 or 4 years. There’s been this ongoing tug-of-war on the state board of ed between the reasonable folk and those “with god on their side.” Sadly, it looks like the righteous are holding sway, at least for the time being. I heard how the reps of the science community are boycotting the hearings and how the chair of the meeting basically said he agreed with what the “intelligent design” folk were saying. Sad time to be an academic here. Anywhere, really, but here especially.

]]> By: Gary http://www.parmet.net/david/2005/05/06/whats-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-kansas/#comment-6743 Gary Sat, 07 May 2005 03:31:11 +0000 http://www.parmet.net/david/2005/05/06/whats-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-kansas/#comment-6743 Have you been to Kansas? It's so flat the the enlightened blow away during the first spring storm. Have you been to Kansas? It’s so flat the the enlightened blow away during the first spring storm.

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