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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
There shouldn't be conflicting facts... ever. Evidence of conflicting facts (and the confusion of facts with opinions) would be clear evidence that the educational system isn't doing its job. And if we can't even get our facts straight, how can we as a society agree on sensible courses of action to solve a problem? In fact, we don't... and we find ourselves spending our time arguing about "facts" and "details" while nothing actually gets done. This seems to be the state the U.S. is in at present, which seems to me to be more of a reason to correct the problems in the educational system, and make sure everyone is operating from the same facts.
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I agree 100%!! This is why we keep having endless lawsuits brought in the courts over what should or shouldn't be taught in our schools. I'm all for teaching all the different theories and presenting everything from intelligent design, to the big bang, to we were all thrown up by the cosmic goat, but it is the educational system that is inconsistent and allows the differences to creep in. There could be a charter school in Cleveland right now telling the kids all about evolution while a 20 minutes drive away there is a small rural school being told all about intelligent design, and evolution is mentioned as an also ran.