Turkey stops teaching evolution in schools

[sanspeur]

Originally Posted by craigiri

Millions in the USA are fighting for the same right to teach an alternative to the "theory" of evolution.

Two things..1, there is no alternative to evolution, and 2, you do not seem to understand what a scientific theory means.

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by MJJersey

It looks like the beginning of the end for secular Turkey.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.indep...016.html%3Famp

Agreed - sadly this is a step back in terms of human understanding, and a further threat to democracy and democratic rule in Turkey under Erdogan.

Passions flare as Turkey excludes evolution from textbooks - BBC News

[kat in aiken]

Originally Posted by craigiri

Millions in the USA are fighting for the same right to teach an alternative to the "theory" of evolution.

Someone should let those millions know that there is more milk, more meat, more eggs, and new varieties of apples available because certain other people understood that the "theory" of evolution can be applied to changing the genetics of cattle, pigs, chickens, and apple trees to be more productive.

It is done by picking the plant or animal with the desired characteristics and selectively breeding them to enhance those characteristics - a version of 'natural selection', if you will. It takes generations to obtain the result, rather like the way humans evolved from... well, you know. But, hey, it is all just a 'theory' and shouldn't be taught in schools.