Mike O\u2019Risal points to another \u201cconvtroversy\u201d we\u2019d have to teach<\/a> to be consistent if we \u201cteach the controversy\u201d. Because the controversy itself is fabricated. I\u2019ve tried changing my approach somewhat in my own teaching. Yes, I want students to evaluate ideas for themselves. But some ideas simply have no correspondence to the relevant data and other considerations. In all disciplines, the desire to be \u201cfair\u201d can easily give a foothold to nonsense.<\/p>\n Evolving Thoughts has other miscellaneous science news<\/a>. Louisiana\u2019s governor signed the bill<\/a>. Bob Cornwall has a number of interesting posts, including on science and faith<\/a>, America\u2019s iconic Bible<\/a>, and listening to our critics<\/a>.<\/p>\n I like the way Obama responds to some of the rumors circulating about him with humor: Around the blogosphere, Joshua Rosenau has a suggestion for how to decide what to do with the millions transferred to you by that Nigerian bank Obama mentions. Pharyngula has yet another piece of evidence of the evolution of fish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-2823654333812522034?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")