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| BoaterDan | Sep 18 2006, 10:55 AM Post #46 |
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And let us not lose sight of the real point of this thread: "State Superintendent Mike Flanagan told the board that his recommendations for the science curriculum would not change. But he said it's an important part of the process to give lawmakers time to make their suggestions to the board." |
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| NFarquharson | Sep 18 2006, 12:36 PM Post #47 |
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My kids have not covered this topic yet in school so I have not seen the textbooks. I am surprized that they would state as fact the idea of life coming from the the primoridial sea and organic "ooze" as you call it. That is very wrong from a scientific standpoint...regardless of one's religious beliefs. At best this idea is a hypothesis that has very little evidence to support it. That does no mean that the only other explanation is intelligent design, which is another concept with little supporting evidence. There could be other explanations. I have even seen some support the idea that life on THIS planet came from extraterrestrial life. I could be wrong, but as I remember it Darwin's work focused on evolution of species...how living things change over time via natural selection...not on how the very first life began. I don't really consider the idea of life coming from organic ooze to be a part of the theory of evolution at all, but it has been years since I studied this stuff. What I do remember is that the idea of spontanious generation of life from the primordial sea was presented to me in public school as hypothesis...certainly not as a fact. I even remember mention of the failure of several attempts to re-create the conditions and "create" life. If this idea is indeed being taught as a fact that is wrong. |
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| fyi | Sep 18 2006, 01:54 PM Post #48 |
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There is scientific proof of evolution and adaptation. All living things adapt to changes in their environment. Antibiotic resistance is an example of how bacteria change and adapt in order to survive. That ant poison you use on your house eventually won't work because the ants become resistant to it. The next generation or so of ants probably won't even be affected by it. Natural Selection--only the strong survive. As a religious person, I understand how evolution occurs and how the genetics of living things can change over time, but I do have a hard time believing that we descend from apes or "ooze." When it comes to what should be taught in a public school science class, I think the concept of evolution should be taught, but how life began should be left up to individual interpretation. |
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| fyi | Sep 18 2006, 02:21 PM Post #49 |
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BTW, after a recent consultation with my dentist, who recommended the removal of my impacted wisdom teeth, I asked why we even have wisdom teeth. He explained to me that, due to dietary changes, they are no longer needed. He said they stopped coming in because we no longer eat bark.
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| NFarquharson | Sep 18 2006, 02:29 PM Post #50 |
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I am further evolved than you. Only 3 wisdom teeth even existed in me. I am a step closer to the human of the future with none. :lol: |
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| fyi | Sep 18 2006, 02:35 PM Post #51 |
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I forgot to add that our jaws are smaller (than earlier humans) due to a softer diet---per my dentist. Wow. Nancy is proof that eventually humans won't even have wisdom teeth. :lol: |
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| fyi | Sep 18 2006, 02:40 PM Post #52 |
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I have another one for you.... In the future.....women will no longer need to have cesarean sections due to a small pelvis. Eventually, the female pelvis will evolve and be able to navigate a 15 pound fetus.
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| NFarquharson | Sep 18 2006, 02:41 PM Post #53 |
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As long as the wisdom doesn't leave with the teeth, that would be good! I hated having the other 3 extracted. |
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| NFarquharson | Sep 18 2006, 02:42 PM Post #54 |
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Or perhaps we will develope a hinged pelvic bone. :lol: |
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| Zeke | Sep 18 2006, 02:43 PM Post #55 |
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We're not supposed to eat bark! UH OH! |
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| Grant1 | Sep 18 2006, 03:09 PM Post #56 |
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We have just begun to fight!
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Just remember what happened to this guy...
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| cmic | Sep 18 2006, 03:10 PM Post #57 |
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I don't have wisdom teeth, never did! That is funny. |
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| NFarquharson | Sep 18 2006, 03:19 PM Post #58 |
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cmic is way ahead of her times! |
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| cmic | Sep 18 2006, 03:23 PM Post #59 |
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OH yeah!!!! |
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| loyaltolivonia | Sep 18 2006, 03:37 PM Post #60 |
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Oh thank goodness I am past child-bearing!!! My two babes were just over 6 pounds each. 15 pound newborns.................OUCH
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