Wow - the article manages to capture both the origins of the right wing hatred for science, the Bush mental block about it, and end with a devastatingly succinct position on why pluralism and science is superior to religious 'equal time'.
My only concern is that something this profoundly smart and good is only getting pressed in what is otherwise an invisible non-mainstream publication.
Good thing we have the internet!
Money Quote:
"Given the choice, we prefer the non-religious and secular space, such as public schools guided by universally shared scientific values and methods. Let each people have its religious approach and way of prayer. The other approach is a slippery slope to dangerous manipulation and intolerance. What little the various human cultures and societies have in common resides in the life of science and its search for open-minded truth. "
Amen.
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