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Re: [Phys-L] Conservapedia (was HD 140283)

But the anti-scientific view is held generally by conservative Republicans.
58% of Republicans believe that humans were created in their present form in
the past 10,000 years.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/155003/hold-creationist-view-human-origins.aspx

This percentage is not 100%, but still embaressingly large. So the
conservapedia apparently does represent the majority conservative view.
This wasn't true in the time of Eisenhower, Goldwater, Nixon... It is a
recent phenomenon. The chair of the house science committee is very
anti-science. It is disgraceful, but is a fact. It used to be that
anti-science attitudes were distributed between both parties, but no more.
For example William Jennings Bryant, a progressive Democrat, was an
anti-evolutionist. But now the presidents who scoff at evolution or an old
universe are all Republicans.

These are facts that we must face up to, just as students must face up to
Newton's third law means what it says with no exceptions. Fortunately most
physics teaching in non-controversial, but when you get to astronomy watch
out. Some states even allow students to opt out of things they don't want
to be taught!

John M. Clement
Houston, TX



As a conservative, I find the Conservapedia a disgrace. I
have never seen any place where a conservative has referenced
the website for anything.
The only place I have ever seen it mentioned is on this e-mail list.

Let's get back to physics topics - - Please.


On 6/6/2013 3:31 PM, Isaac Bickerstaff wrote:
I'm surprised, too, especially given that according to
/trustworthy/
sources, the universe is only about 6,000 to 10,000 years old.

http://conservapedia.com/Age_of_the_Earth

I know that source is trustworthy, because it says so. It's the
motto of the site: _Conservapedia, the trustworthy encyclopedia_


I notice that "We do not allow liberal bias
<http://conservapedia.com/Liberal_bias> to deceive
<http://conservapedia.com/Deceit> and distort here."

That's a relief, right there!


Brian Whatcott Altus OK
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