Another win for science: Evolution gets support in Texas

By GottaLaff

Sciencism comes to the Lone Star state. I can understand their hesitation, though. How can they possibly explain Bush?

A decision Thursday by the Texas State Board of Education is a big defeat for proponents of creationism and others who would like to see evolution presented in school as a weak theory that has viable competing alternatives.

The vote was a tie, 7-7, to restore a rule requiring the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution be taught in high school science class. The tie means the measure was defeated, so evolution can continue to be taught as the very strong scientific theory that it is.

While scientific theories should be open to discussion and challenged by evidence, scientists agree that evolution is about as solid a theory as there is. [...] Importantly, no evidence exists to even mildly support any other theory to explain the diversity of life, the relationships between some species that have diverged, lineages seen in the fossil record, and even such current and obvious evolution as occurs when microbes evolve to resist drugs designed to kill them.

Welcome to the 21st century, Texas.

H/t: Eve