Letting the religious right teach ID in schools is like letting the Marines teach poetry in advanced combat training. As a scientist, I see these the relevancy between the two sets to be equal. If Kansas is going to mess up like this, the least it can do is not be hypocritical and allow equal time for other alternative "theories" like FSMism, which is by far the tastier choice.
Julian SimonThere is only one important resource which has shown a trend of increasing scarcity rather than increasing abundance. That resource is the most important of allโhuman beings. . . . [An] increase in the price of peoplesโ services is a clear indication that people are becoming more scarce even though there are more of us.
Julian SimonThe main fuel to speed the world's progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.
Julian SimonAll of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for us to think through even a small fraction of the topics that we come across.
Julian SimonWe now have in our handsโreally, in our librariesโthe technology to feed, clothe, and supply energy to an ever-growing population for the next seven billion years.
Julian SimonLetting the religious right teach ID in schools is like letting the Marines teach poetry in advanced combat training. As a scientist, I see these the relevancy between the two sets to be equal. If Kansas is going to mess up like this, the least it can do is not be hypocritical and allow equal time for other alternative "theories" like FSMism, which is by far the tastier choice.
Julian Simon