BOF
11-30-2008, 08:16 PM
I'm sure this is old news for most of you. I wasn't to me--
Last night, a doco (part1) about the Dover County School Board's (Penn.) attempt to have Intelligent Design taught as science.
The programme re enacts parts of the actual trial,from transcripts. I was stunned,not only at the duplicity and bloody minded ignorance of the fundies, but at my own ignorance.
EG I was not aware of the depth of evidence there is on transitional species or that genetics reinforces Darwin's findings. It was explained how DNA verifies Darwin,examining the [apparent] difference of one chromosomes between apes and humans. There is no difference; humans have two chromosomes which became fused into one.
I apologise if I've explained this poorly, I don't have a science background.
The show was was on a Public channel, SBS. Not sure if it's available for download outside of Australia.
http://www.sbs.com.au/television
The judgment is really worth reading in my opinion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District
Last night, a doco (part1) about the Dover County School Board's (Penn.) attempt to have Intelligent Design taught as science.
The programme re enacts parts of the actual trial,from transcripts. I was stunned,not only at the duplicity and bloody minded ignorance of the fundies, but at my own ignorance.
EG I was not aware of the depth of evidence there is on transitional species or that genetics reinforces Darwin's findings. It was explained how DNA verifies Darwin,examining the [apparent] difference of one chromosomes between apes and humans. There is no difference; humans have two chromosomes which became fused into one.
I apologise if I've explained this poorly, I don't have a science background.
The show was was on a Public channel, SBS. Not sure if it's available for download outside of Australia.
http://www.sbs.com.au/television
The judgment is really worth reading in my opinion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District