Ohio Citizens for Science Unite!

My hope is that this blog post inspires more Ohio citizens to act. My second hope is that this blog post somehow gets me into trouble or creates some waves, then I'll know that I have done my job.

My job, as a student of archaeology and geology and as a rising anthropologist, paleoclimatologist and naturalist, is to provide information and interpretation on all such issues to the public (part of the agenda of this blog).

But nothing fires me up more than when my chosen career based on scientific method is forced to stand next to religious belief systems that are proudly a part of our culture but lack extreme credibility to be taught as a science and next to scientific approaches and theories. Intelligent design is no threat to evolutionary theory, the proof just isn't there. It IS a threat to science and scientific method being taught in our schools because it simply is not a testable science.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary states that scientific method is:
principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses.

Intelligent design has no place in this world, and you can't sit there and tell me it's not religious, or that it's a real science.

You want to debate? Gladly. Bring it on, let's see how long you last.

Take my liberation movement against the country club scum who refuse to let citizens enjoy the spectacular earthworks built by the Hopewell, now multiply that sentiment by 100, and maybe you can begin to fathom just how it feels to be me right now, blood sizzling through my veins at the thought of these sub-humans who voted in favor of keeping the Criticism of Evolution (nice cop-out way of putting it) in the Ohio Science Curriculum. In other words, they have supported an anti-science curriculum that no longer fosters critical thinking of the world around us. Not only that, but they disgracefully bashed one of my professors, one of the few who is actually taking a stand.

The good news is, their feeble attempt to rattle the scientists means that they are scared. They are so pathetic, just look at Richard Baker.

This man is a joke, plain and simple. Our kids' curriculum is in the hands of this man and he's reading the paper. I hope it was a good paper, Dick. It certainly shows you have no balls to stand up for what you truly believe in. What exactly is that, Dick?

My response to them: Be scared.

The vote on January 10th has only strengthened the, dare I say the word, resolve, of the scientific community.

Take a gander at Ohio Citizens for Science, of which I am now a member. Click on Volunteer to learn how you can help and click on Theology to see how many good people out there mix God and science just fine. Then open the Columbus Dispatch to the editorials: State board fails to grasp the nature of life's wonders. We also have the National Center for Science Education fighting across the country, don't forget.

As I said in a previous blog post, I have no worries, because there are so many of us willing to take a stand in the name of education and science and even openly talk about their views in the teaching world. Let's not quit and keep fighting to preserve scientific integrity in our schools!