Re: [Phys-l] The attack on science is political, not philosophical

[fred bucheit <fbucheit@hotmail.com>]

Do children have rights? Do parents have the right to deny their children needed medical care? Do they have the right to prevent their children from learning knowledge, especially that taught by noted scholars? This is basically about rights. It is unfortunate that the constitution guarantees us the right to physical life, but says nothing about intellectual life. The former is of little use without the latter. 
 
Fred Bucheit       ~I think is the antidote to I believe~
 
> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:09:08 -0700> From: louro.alfredo@gmail.com> To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu> Subject: [Phys-l] The attack on science is political, not philosophical> > The current obsession with the theory of evolution, which seems to> have afflicted the United States particularly strongly, originates> with some religious people who feel that their authority is threatened> by the possibility that the universe can run itself without the need> for supernatural beings of any kind. It's not about science or faith,> it's not about what the meaning of "theory" is, and it's not about> whether new species can arise without the intervention of God. It's> about power, and the ability to control other people's minds. Someone> wrote about children who had been taught by their parents that only> God creates life going to college and learning about evolution, and> how those parents are upset because their children are still their> children. The problem is crystal clear: These parents cannot stand the> thought that they no longer control the minds of their children, as> those children become adults. They cannot stand losing control. On a> larger scale, religious leaders abhor the idea of losing control over> their (very appropriately named) flocks. If God turns out to be an> illusion, where does their authority go? How do they justify their> position of power in society? This is the real conflict.> _______________________________________________> Forum for Physics Educators> Phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu> https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/mailman/listinfo/phys-l
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