Comments on: Skeptical http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/07/27/skeptical/ over 5 billion neurons served Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:58:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Sara http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/07/27/skeptical/comment-page-1/#comment-17110 Sara Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:40:16 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/07/28/skeptical/#comment-17110 My sympathies on Texas' plunge into "creation science" education. In last November's election Kansas replaced several of its State Board of Education members, tipping the fragile balance back to real science. One of new board's first acts was to replace the creationist puppet Commissioner of Education, another was to send the evolution-less science standards back to the drawing boards. The Creationists win when the public becomes complacent during elections. BTW in the same election we replaced our ridiculous Attorney General Phil Kline. My sympathies on Texas’ plunge into “creation science” education. In last November’s election Kansas replaced several of its State Board of Education members, tipping the fragile balance back to real science. One of new board’s first acts was to replace the creationist puppet Commissioner of Education, another was to send the evolution-less science standards back to the drawing boards. The Creationists win when the public becomes complacent during elections. BTW in the same election we replaced our ridiculous Attorney General Phil Kline.

]]> By: Steven Gould http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/07/27/skeptical/comment-page-1/#comment-17031 Steven Gould Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:23:21 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/07/28/skeptical/#comment-17031 And speaking of Abstinence-Only sex ed, I just saw in Ms. Magazine that the Federal Government Funding allows and even encourages its money to be spent on audiences as old as 29. I guess we're talking 40 year-old virgin, here. Never mind that abstinence-only programs correlate with an increase in both STD transmission and teen-pregnancy. Teach about condoms and other forms of birth-control and it goes way down. AAAAAAaaaaaaagggggggh. Excuse me, I'll go calm down now. And speaking of Abstinence-Only sex ed, I just saw in Ms. Magazine that the Federal Government Funding allows and even encourages its money to be spent on audiences as old as 29.

I guess we’re talking 40 year-old virgin, here.

Never mind that abstinence-only programs correlate with an increase in both STD transmission and teen-pregnancy.

Teach about condoms and other forms of birth-control and it goes way down.

AAAAAAaaaaaaagggggggh.

Excuse me, I’ll go calm down now.

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