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To: William McKinley
I highly disagree. The consensus view of 'working scientists' right now is that global warming is a fact. Thirty years ago the consensus view was that global cooling was a fact.

Well I disagree with your disagreement. (So there!) Global warming is no where near the consensus view of the scientists themselves, IMO. There's a lot of agenda-driven popularization of the actual scientific debates which is coloring the public's perception of a united front. Though I agree that the global warming skeptics are in the minority. But that's an example of a minority view I'd want to be heard in HS class: Their objections to the global warming theories are much more sound, and more widespread, than creationism's (or even ID's) objections to evolution.

23 posted on 10/30/2003 7:54:13 PM PST by jennyp (http://crevo.bestmessageboard.com)
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To: jennyp
So you are claiming there is unanimity among scientists that evolution is not just a theory?

Because if we are talking about it being a majority, then we are back to where I just tried to place us.

I believe that anything that is a theory should be taught as a theory with the predominant counter theories explored. There seems to be a real resistance to doing that, however, and that has always seemed strange to me. Intellectual vigor would seem to me to demand presenting and exploring competing theories.

24 posted on 10/30/2003 7:57:26 PM PST by William McKinley
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