Creationism is endemic

[Finn N. Rasmussen]

Richard Jensen wrote:
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First of all, this topic is worthy of the time of professional scientists.
It is a thread that has generated a lot of interesting discussion and, as
professional scientists (as well as educators), many of us are concerned
over the state of public education in this country.
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We Europeans and other non-US Earthlings understand your concern, but as you
point out creationism seems to be an endemic problem. Of course, we have
other kinds of obscurantists - Danish astrologists demand subsidies for
public courses and claim that astrology is a scientific discipline etc.
Obscurantism, science and society etc. is a very important and interesting
subject,  I wonder if there is a special discussion list dealing with these
things?
Finn N Rasmussen, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen.