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    #2
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Creationism is neither science nor a fully fledged theory and as such has no place on a science exam.


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    Húrin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,045 ✭✭✭Húrin


    silly to mention creationism in a culture as secular as the UK


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    fitz0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭fitz0


    Húrin wrote: »
    silly to mention creationism in a culture as secular as the UK
    So it should only be mentioned in a theocracy? Strange, its almost as if it doesn't stand up to scrutiny...


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    Mark Hamill
    Registered Users Posts: 7,771 ✭✭✭Mark Hamill


    Article wrote:
    She (a spokeswoman) said pupils were not taught creationism as a valid scientific theory but that it would be strange not to mention it when discussing Darwinism.
    This is ridiculous. Is it strange that they don't mention the holocaust deniers case when going over WW2 in history class?


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    ChocolateSauce
    Registered Users Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭ChocolateSauce


    They should teach that it isn't science and that it has in fact been proved wrong as much as a thing can be proved wrong, and actually explain why it is wrong.


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    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    This is a good story. Someone screwed up a science paper and so many people rightly complained straight away that it was changed. Hurrah, the system works!


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    dvpower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,183 ✭✭✭dvpower


    Zillah wrote: »
    This is a good story. Someone screwed up a science paper and so many people rightly complained straight away that it was changed. Hurrah, the system works!

    I'd have to wonder how the question got on a paper in the first place. Surely they would have a simple process in place where, when they frame a question, they ask "Now, where is that covered in the curriculum?".

    Sounds like someone was messing.


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    TheManWho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭TheManWho


    I think misleading is a poor word choice. If they put a cooking question on an engineering exam, they would use words a lot stronger than misleading. A creationism question on a science exam is just as out of place.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It's very strange, isn't it? The reaction to this is good, but I can't understand what it was doing on a science exam in the first place.


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    John_Dillinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭John_Dillinger


    Jammy, you've no idea what you're talking about


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    #12
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    John_Dillinger wrote: »
    Jammy, you've no idea what you're talking about

    Great first post. It's mysterious. I like that.


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    #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    John_Dillinger wrote: »
    Jammy, you've no idea what you're talking about

    To be honest, you're probably right. I try to bluff my way through a lot of conversations, and usually it works... But you caught me. Damn.


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    John_Dillinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭John_Dillinger


    That may be because i know you very well...


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    #15
    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Awesome, this just got more interesting. What's it like being a stalker John? Satisfying or just frustrating?

    Edit: Hahaha! His only other post is about HIS GUNS. Look out Jammy!


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    Shane_C
    Closed Accounts Posts: 305 ✭✭Shane_C


    Zillah wrote: »
    This is a good story. Someone screwed up a science paper and so many people rightly complained straight away that it was changed. Hurrah, the system works!

    Moral of the story:
    Exposing kids to creationism in exams has the same reaction as exposing kids to sex on tv.

    This is a good story


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    John_Dillinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭John_Dillinger


    It's a lil crazy


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    #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,630 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    John_Dillinger wrote: »
    That may be because i know you very well...

    Interesting...
    Zillah wrote: »
    Edit: Hahaha! His only other post is about HIS GUNS. Look out Jammy!

    I just saw that... That's a tad bit worrying alright!


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    #19
    TheManWho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 264 ✭✭TheManWho


    It turns out John Dillinger is a fugitive bank robber, -JammyDoger- have you made any enemys in the american midwest.

    Edit: Seemingly he died in 1934, so it's probobly not him. That's my detective career over.


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    John_Dillinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭John_Dillinger


    TheManWho wrote: »
    Edit: Seemingly he died in 1934, so it's probobly not him. That's my detective career over.

    Vicious lies!


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    #21
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    John_Dillinger wrote: »
    Jammy, you've no idea what you're talking about
    John_Dillinger wrote: »
    That may be because i know you very well...
    JD - This is one of your friendly mods here. You've produced four posts on this thread which were so free of any discernible worth that Terry Eagleton could have written them. One more vacuous musing and I'll be reaching for my cards.


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    #22
    Húrin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,045 ✭✭✭Húrin


    fitz0 wrote: »
    So it should only be mentioned in a theocracy? Strange, its almost as if it doesn't stand up to scrutiny...

    I agree, creationism does not stand up to scrutiny as a scientific theory.

    I mean, in a secular, multicultural society, there is no reason to expect most of the students to be familiar with the Biblical creation story. I suppose at least in a Christian theocracy this could be expected.


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    #23
    John_Dillinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭John_Dillinger


    robindch wrote: »
    JD - This is one of your friendly mods here. You've produced four posts on this thread which were so free of any discernible worth that Terry Eagleton could have written them. One more vacuous musing and I'll be reaching for my cards.


    I happen to find the critiques of Terry Eagleton to be quite fascinating, i particularly enjoyed his book "The Meaning of Life".


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