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To: Bill who wrote (884476)	9/2/2015 1:14:18 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578288

I should prolly also introduce you a lady from Oz with a stomach strong enuf to let her read Watts on a daily basis. The scientific illiterati rise up at WUWT Sou \| 1:48 AM Illiterati: Definition from the Urban Dictionary The opposite of the Illuminati, who take pride in their high level of knowledge and learning. An Illiterati takes pride in the fact that they are ignorant and refuse to learn (adjust their paradigm) often to the severe detriment of those around them. Sometimes science deniers are quite unabashed about their desire to suppress all knowledge and particularly scientific knowledge and education. Anthony Watts has a "guest essay" by Eric Worrall (archived here), in which he claims that: Earth and Space Science is only about climate Earth and Space Science is "dogma" and "politically convenient pseudoscience". Hmm. That sums up WUWT rather well, don't you think? Eric wrote about how the American Geosciences Institute found that 77% of US colleges accept Earth and Space Science courses in high school for admission, while 8.6% didn't, saying: While I find it horrifying that over 77% of US colleges think learning a bit of dogma qualifies as a science education, I believe the day will come when America attempts to rebuild her damaged scientific institutions. On that day America will discover she owes a huge debt of gratitude, to the handful of courageous college and high school administrators who held the line against officially sanctioned superstition, who fought to keep the memory of the scientific method alive, who did everything in their power to protect their students from being indoctrinated with politically convenient pseudoscience. [iframe name="aswift_1" width="336" height="280" id="aswift_1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" vspace="0" hspace="0" allowfullscreen="true" style="left: 0px; top: 0px; position: absolute;" allowtransparency="true"][/iframe] Eric Worrall and presumably Anthony Watts think that learning about geology, plate tectonics, the solar system, the moon, the oceans, the atmosphere, weather and everything else that could be covered in Earth and Space Science is "politically convenient pseudoscience". How weird is that? Especially on the blog of someone who claims to be a "meteorologist" (albeit without formal qualification) and owner of "the world's most viewed climate website". Just so you know, here are a few websites that indicate the sort of topics covered in Earth and Space Science: What is Earth and space science about? - New Zealand Earth and space science activities and experiments - Australia's CSIRO Earth and Space Science Units and Lessons Grades for 7-9 - from NASA Earth and Space Sciences - the University of Washington Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences - UCLA The topics in the above are wide-ranging and I'd say would be among the most interesting classes a high school student could take, as well as being a great way to learn physics, chemistry and biology, geology and the rest. blog.hotwhopper.com