{"id":743,"date":"2008-10-08T06:34:28","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T10:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=743"},"modified":"2008-12-08T20:19:38","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T00:19:38","slug":"teens-letter-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=743","title":{"rendered":"Teen’s letter revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember the homeschooled teen who wrote a letter to the editor taking evolution to task<\/a>? FSU physics professor Paul Cottle wrote her back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We cannot even have a meaningful discussion about ethical issues involving science unless we agree on what science is. If we agree that science is the means for building our understanding of the laws of nature through systematic observations, then we have a basis for discussion with all of society.<\/p>\n

When we allow our beliefs about the purpose of life to blunt our willingness to observe nature and our God-given abilities to reason, then we lose the ability to discuss important issues of scientific ethics with those who do not share our beliefs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember the homeschooled teen who wrote a letter to the editor taking evolution to task? FSU physics professor Paul Cottle wrote her back. 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