Fluffeh writes:
"For a few years the National Research Council, National Science Teachers Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been working to put together a set of standards for teaching science in public education schools. So far, nine states and the District of Columbia have adopted the standards. Wyoming doesn't appear to have issues with evolution. Instead, climate science appears to be the problem. That's not because any of the legislators have actually studied the science involved and found it lacking. The issue appears to be solely with the implications of the science.
State Representative Matt Teeters had this to say '[The standards] handle global warming as settled science. There's all kind of social implications involved in that that I don't think would be good for Wyoming.' Specifically, Teeters seems to think that having citizens of the state accept climate science would 'wreck Wyoming's economy,' which relies heavily on fossil fuel production."
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 17 2014, @04:38AM
You are jumping to the conclusion. Opposition on the ground that it hurts my pocketbook doesn't mean admission of its validity. The guy is probably a lawyer, and likely used to pushing his argument on any and all grounds, even those that contradict each other.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Fluffeh on Monday March 17 2014, @04:54AM
...even those that contradict each other...
You realize that is EXACTLY the whole concept of Doublethink right?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 17 2014, @05:00AM
And you exhibit a similarly asinine behavior of pulling stuff out of their context. Good luck to your propaganda campaign.