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...The real problem is with people who are religious and do not
have the ability to think scientifically. This would be 70% of the
population. Scientific thought really requires formal operational
reaoning,
or in Lawson's terms hypothetico-deductive reasoning. Only about 30%
of the
population tests at this level, while 30% test at the concrete
operational
level (typical of children below age 10). The rest are transitional.
Since there is compelling evidence that students can be cognitively
accelerated to the formal operational level, this problem is actually
squarely in the labs of the educators who failed to do this. Let us
face
it, we educators have failed to properly educate students to think
scientifically.