{"id":560,"date":"2008-04-24T22:37:20","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T02:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=560"},"modified":"2008-08-31T16:17:30","modified_gmt":"2008-08-31T20:17:30","slug":"late-night-tidbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"Late night tidbits"},"content":{"rendered":"

It feels good to know we’re not the only ones who can see through the so-called “academic freedom” and “critical analysis” of evolution certain lawmakers are trying to push. Newspapers in Florida have consistently been on the side of reality and good science. The St. Petersburg Times has an editorial up now<\/a> blasting Senator Storms and Rep. Hays.<\/p>\n

With newly passed science standards that require the teaching of evolution, Florida is finally on track to give its young people a solid educational grounding for careers in biology and medical science.<\/p>\n

Not so fast, says state Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico. Because evolution, the scientific theory that undergirds modern biological science, conflicts with her religious beliefs, Storms is willing to sow confusion and misinformation in science classes around the state.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune<\/a> is even more harsh toward Storms.<\/p>\n

For those who, like Storms, don’t know, evolution is the very foundation of modern biology. Science has overwhelming evidence that humans and other species of life on Earth evolved from life forms that existed many millions of years ago, through natural selection of traits that aid in survival and reproduction.<\/p>\n

Making science teachers pretend otherwise would be fraud. Many details remain unknown, and there are lots of fascinating scientific arguments about them, but evolution itself is not controversial among scientists.<\/p>\n

And yet, the House bill would require public school science teachers to provide students with reasons to believe our earliest biological ancestors might have been Adam and Eve, and that biologists, geneticists and paleontologists have it totally wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It feels good to know we’re not the only ones who can see through the so-called “academic freedom” and “critical analysis” of evolution certain lawmakers are trying to push. 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I'm so sorry. The good news is that she lost:\u00c2\u00a0Florida House: Ronda Storms\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 comeback ends in GOP primary Republican candidate Joe Wicker said he received a concession call about 9 p.m. from opponent Ronda Storms\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3362#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":529,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=529","url_meta":{"origin":560,"position":1},"title":"News Release: “Academic Freedom” bills needless and treacherous","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The following press release has been sent out. Our media page is available for any interested reporters. SO-CALLED \"ACADEMIC FREEDOM\" BILLS ARE NEEDLESS AND TREACHEROUS Senate bill 2692, \"evolution academic freedom act\" will be going before the Judiciary committee Tuesday. The Senate bill and its companion House bill are raising\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08"","block_context":{"text":"\"Academic Freedom\" bills '08","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":501,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=501","url_meta":{"origin":560,"position":2},"title":"Loose lips … will they sink the ship?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"March 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It took a while, but the true motivations behind the creationism bills (\"academic freedom\") are starting to show. As \"academic freedom\" was tossed out there on the playing field it was touted as nothing more than \"freedom\" to teach the so-called \"strengths and weaknesses\" of evolution. Those of us who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Creationism Bills"","block_context":{"text":"Creationism Bills","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":489,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=489","url_meta":{"origin":560,"position":3},"title":"Shooting yourself in the foot … over and over and over","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"March 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Please pardon the heavy sarcasm. Noooooooo ... the \"academic freedom act\" bills filed recently in the state House and Senate are not about religion at all! They're about education! Never mind the fact that these bills address evolution and only evolution. This is about education! If we repeat that enough\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Our Science Standards"","block_context":{"text":"Our Science Standards","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":517,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=517","url_meta":{"origin":560,"position":4},"title":"Don’t Panic","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"March 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a little bit of an eyewitness account of what happened in the Senate Pre-K - 12 committee today concerning the creationism bill (\"academic freedom\") SB2692. But before I get to that I want to tell you: Don't Panic. Today's committee meeting was just one hurdle. 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