On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:46:10 -0500, Davoud wrote:

That's one way to answer that question. Another way is "This might be a
good time to pause and tell you about a really amazing thing called
'the scientific method,' which is the way in which scientists..." My
personal experience tells me that curt dismissal is not a good weapon
in the battle for kids' hearts and minds.

I'm neither curt nor insensitive in class. The scientific method is
discussed continuously, even when we aren't talking about science. If
someone brings up a non-scientific belief, the belief itself is never
challenged- only the reasons that it is "non-scientific".


It pains me to say this -- truly -- but you have beaten your old record
for pedantry, rudeness, smugness, condescension, and wrongness -- and
quite a record it was!

Then you have misread my post. Probably something to do with reading it
on a Mac g.

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