{"id":32486,"date":"2013-02-10T11:36:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T18:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/and-mysticism-makes-for-bad-science.html"},"modified":"2013-02-10T11:36:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T18:36:23","slug":"and-mysticism-makes-for-bad-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/10\/and-mysticism-makes-for-bad-science.html","title":{"rendered":"And Mysticism Makes for Bad\u00a0Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But since he&#39;s a &quot;huge science buff,&quot; we should just accept that this is the right way to teach kids about science and how the universe works.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#39;HB 291, the &quot;Missouri Standard Science Act,&quot; redefines a few things you thought you already knew about science. For example, a &quot;hypothesis&quot; is redefined as something that reflects a &quot;minority of scientific opinion and is &quot;philosophically unpopular.&quot; A scientific theory is &quot;an inferred explanation&#8230;whose components are data, logic and faith-based philosophy.&quot; And &quot;destiny&quot; is not something that $5 fortune tellers believe in; Instead, it&#39;s &quot;the events and processes that define the future of the universe, galaxies, stars, our solar system, earth, plant life, animal life, and the human race.&quot;&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/files\/brattin3.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/mojo\/2013\/02\/intelligent-design-missouri-evolution'>Anti-Evolution Missouri Bill Requires College Students to Learn About Destiny<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe bill&#8217;s sponsor, Rep. 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