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To: epicure who wrote (101781)1/25/2009 11:19:46 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 543355
 
I found the same thing in the social sciences, at least when I went to high school. The analytical framework I learned in college, which was essentially the scientific method for studying politics and economics, was absent at the secondary level.

You can teach people civics and geography and history, and even a little bit about business and finance, but unless people know how to test an assertion made by a politician or economist, they'll just chase what sounds good and fits their preconceived notions.

Just like ID.



To: epicure who wrote (101781)1/25/2009 11:42:12 AM
From: Travis_Bickle  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 543355
 
I think students would be better served with a logic class, I have never had an interest in or aptitude for science but am still capable of understanding that

gaps in fossil record

does not equal

theories of natural selection and evolution are false or incomplete

Science classes to a significant extent consist of memorizing a bunch of stuff.


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