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Quote by: Muckraker  Take a look at the curriculum if you want to know what science teaches. National Science Education Standards
In no way does science teach acceptance of ways of thinking as being "right." Why do you think doing experiments is such a fundamental part of science in all grade levels? Why is it that people applying the concepts they learned in science classes are able to create new things based on those concepts? Concept: Diamonds are the hardest mineral. Using Moh's Hardness Scale, we see that diamonds rank as a ten in hardness and talc ranks as a one. Through experiment we see that diamonds scratch talc but talc does not scratch diamonds. Applying that concept, we make saw blades coated with diamond dust that cut through all other stone since diamond is the hardest mineral. If we discover a mineral that scratches diamond but cannot be scratched by diamond then the scale is rewritten, our curriculum changes, and this new mineral brings life to new experiments, new concepts, and new applications of concept.
Religious cult[ure] does not encourage experiments or questioning. It damns them. |
I'm referring to certain ideals of the scientific community, one being the promotion of the ideal to only accept what can be scientifically proven and verified. The outright denial by some that anything can exist beyond measure.