Are you saying China will have a biological/technological development advantage over the US because the students in Kansas will be taught the weaknesses with the theory of evolution? Seems to me learning more about problems with evolution would be a way to encourage more scientific discourse.
Not really. It is, actually, my guess that the author of the post makes this connection. However, MY point about possible future disadvantage is still valid, and since the Intelligent Design proponents are also in many cases the people that try to limit biogenetic research of humans (both on religious basis), the connection is obvious.
If it were scientific it would be useful, but spoon bending adds nothing to the understanding of science.
A course in the history of science might be useful, but it isn't science.
What the Kansas board wants is to ensure that students in Kansas are hoodwinked and misled about the current preponderance of evidence in biology. The first lie is that there even is a secular movement within science called "Intelligent Design." There is a political movement called "Intelligent Design" pushed by creationists in school boards around the country.
You don't educate the next generation of scientists by lying to them about science.