{"id":2164,"date":"2011-08-18T21:18:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T02:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steve.cooleysekula.net\/blog\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2011-08-18T21:46:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T02:46:01","slug":"polisci-perry-on-science-education-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steve.cooleysekula.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/18\/polisci-perry-on-science-education-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"PoliSci: Perry on Science Education in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,124,0\" width=\"398\" height=\"248\" id=\"ABCESNWID\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/assets\/player\/walt2.69\/flash\/SFP_Walt_2_69.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"configUrl=http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\/sfp\/embedPlayerConfig&#038;configId=406733&#038;clipId=14333330&#038;showId=14333330\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Let me just give a big shout out to our Texas-sized Governor, who just set back public impressions of the Texas science curriculum about 75 years. Oh, and also thanks to our highest-ranking public official for saying that Texas public schools are in violation of several supreme court rulings that state that teaching creationism in schools is a violation of the U.S. Constitutions protection of religion from public institutions and public institutions from religion. You go, Governor &#8211; you are definitely ready for Federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Also, that mother&#8217;s behavior actually makes me feel a little nauseous. Still doesn&#8217;t justify Perry&#8217;s comments, but boy do I need some ginger ale. This whole thing reminds me why I hate politics, and why I also can&#8217;t avoid politics. Soda crackers please.<\/p>\n<p>As a physicist, I found his profound mischaracterization of the age of the earth both sad and disturbing. I guess I am glad he&#8217;s not a public school science teacher. Based on the best radioactive dating of rocks using their unstable isotope ratios, Earth has been dated to be 4.54 billion years old, plus or minus 1%. This measurement has been verified using different isotope ratios from different locations across the globe. That&#8217;s called science. It&#8217;s what we should teach our kids in science class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me just give a big shout out to our Texas-sized Governor, who just set back public impressions of the Texas science curriculum about 75 years. 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