This amounts to censorship and unreasonable restrictions in science as the pursuit of knowledge. To exclusively promote one philosophical world view over all others and call it science is shameful and indefensible in my humble opinion. I strongly suggest that no philosophies be taught in science as "fact". All of the evidence supports the truth and truth is what science seeks to find, regardless of any worldview.
censorship is alive and well and living at a university near you.
Creationism has its evidence as well.
You say Idaho I say WhoDaHo.
Tax-funded academic and intellectual freedoms at work....[/sarcasm]
Interesting.
The theory of evolution is not incompatible with the theory of "intelligent Design".
In fact, neither one could work without the other. Otherwise we should all be microbes, single-celled creatures, and we wouldn't even be HAVING this conversation.
Please, I don't want to start a brawl or anything, but what sort of *scientific* response does "intelligent design" offer when confronted with the question, "what created the designer?"
Dogma pretending to be academic freedom and value free science.
but, it seems the more things are banned, the more attention they attract
There are some rather strange theories taught under the aegis of such "disciplines" as women's studies, but no such prohibitions in those areas seem to be forthcoming.
Liberals. (sigh)
Some things never change.
Evolution is a scientific theory, not a philosophical world view.
Merriam-Webster defines religion as:
a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.
UI President Tim White has his own brand of religion: Evolution.
Poppycock. They can teach your belief in "religion, sociology, philosophy, political science or similar courses". How many classes covering your belief do you want?
Greedy.
Science classes are for science.
Evolution should be taught in science class, creationism / ID should be taught in religion or philosophy class.
Isn't this the same mentality which convicted Galileo to life imprisonment for arguing that Coppernicus was right and that the Earth and planets DID revolve around the Sun? Ironicly enough, this time it's the secular authorities repressing alternitive views becasue they may be tained with a religious componant, rather than the other way around as with Galileo.
Science ain't about philosophical worldviews genius. The university simply resricts its science classes to science. That's it. That's all there is to it.
The study of the universe cannot be separated into little compartments if it is to be fully understood. Science and metaphysics (not religion per se) can go hand in hand; I don't understand what's the big deal.
Are they still going to allow the teaching of cosmology? I'm no expert by any means, but I thought cosmology was both an age-old & born-again science which inquires about the physical origins of the universe, the grand & minute nature of the universe, and humanity's role in it. Isn't cosmology based on the presumption that the universe was created, and that there is a purpose for its creation?
(Please be gentle if responding; I'm just curious.)
Universities are no longer about thought and education. They have become nothing but indoctrination centers for the stupid.