As a side note, I don't know if evolution is a valid theory or not, and I don't think I'll ever know this (I'm not a scientist). But what's sure is that forbidding it in some States is stupid : plenty of Universities teach pure assumptions, and to some extent, science itself is an assumption : it uses a given method and accepts it cannot attain THE truth... Well, I've only a few notions of epistemology (science of science), but any serious scientist will tell you science is onehumanly transformed way to apprehend reality.
Many pure assumptions of science (esp. in social sciences which I studied) are shocking, seem absurd to the common sense, are disconnected from reality and so on... But these shocking assumptions are taught in Universities, and the students have to see how correct / absurd they are, if they're given a choice (for example, Liberal, Marxist and Keynesian economic theories are taught in French highschools, the pupils can make their choice). I'm pretty sure that evolutionism and creationism are both taught in some US universities. I think it's good. Then you can see which one is scientifically serious (if any)
Many pure assumptions of science (esp. in social sciences which I studied) are shocking, seem absurd to the common sense, are disconnected from reality and so on... But these shocking assumptions are taught in Universities, and the students have to see how correct / absurd they are, if they're given a choice (for example, Liberal, Marxist and Keynesian economic theories are taught in French highschools, the pupils can make their choice). I'm pretty sure that evolutionism and creationism are both taught in some US universities. I think it's good. Then you can see which one is scientifically serious (if any)
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