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Publishers set to remove examples of evolution from schools
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Knigel



Joined: 01 Oct 2010
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:06 pm    Post subject: Publishers set to remove examples of evolution from schools Reply with quote
"South Korea surrenders to creationist demands"

http://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-surrenders-to-creationist-demands-1.10773

Does anyone else have any more information on this? What was actually removed? What remains? With what was it replaced?
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Underwaterbob



Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), of the seven science textbook publishers, three of them have decided to concede to the petition that called �the depiction of the evolution of horse is the product of imagination�. Chonjae Education publishing house decided to replace the �evolution of the horse� with the �evolution of the whale� and the rest decided to remove the reference altogether.


http://www.koreabang.com/2012/stories/evolutionary-theory-to-disappear-from-science-textbooks.html

Most telling perhaps is this:

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The professor of genomics at Seoul National University Jang Dae-ik said �the problem is that the writers of the science textbooks have neglected the new materials on the theory of evolution over the several decades. It even contains the references to Ernst Haeckel�s recapitulation theory (ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, get it?) which has been disproven a long time ago. This kind of lapse in up-to-date knowledge invites such an attack [from the CREIT].�


3 of 7 textbook manufacturers succumbed to the pressure, and at least one of them had the sense to update their decades-old information rather than just delete it entirely. Hopefully this will shine a light on the not-entirely-uncommon misinformation present in Korean textbooks.
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Junior



Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: the eye
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great. Its about time they removed their propoganda from western textbooks as well. Darwins finches, perrered moths, four-winged fruit flies, haeckels embryos, the miller-urey experiment, etc.

All of it distortions and lies designed to brainwash young children into the ape cult.
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Zackback



Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
God or the gorilla?
Adam or the ape?
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Knigel



Joined: 01 Oct 2010
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Junior wrote:
Great. Its about time they removed their propoganda from western textbooks as well. Darwins finches, perrered moths, four-winged fruit flies, haeckels embryos, the miller-urey experiment, etc.

All of it distortions and lies designed to brainwash young children into the ape cult.


I love your satire ^_^
The misspellings give your humour that perfect kick.
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The Cosmic Hum



Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Zackback wrote:
God or the gorilla?
Adam or the ape?


wow...such alluring alliteration.
Are you cool on consonance?
Be careful not to make an assonance out of your designer. Wink
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BriTunes



Joined: 12 Jan 2010
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Koreans do not believe they came out of Africa, nor do the Chinese for that matter. They tend to believe they are from some undiscovered humanoid. DNA proof that yes, we are all the same "humans" has been quite shocking to Asians, and is why they still don't buy into the science.
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Zackback



Joined: 05 Nov 2010
Location: Kyungbuk
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hey Cosmic Dum,
You want to believe that you descended(ascended?) from the brute go ahead. It shows in your logic. Keep up the terrible job defending your faith.
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Knigel



Joined: 01 Oct 2010
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm much more satisfied with the idea of being related to an ape than being created from dirt.
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Italy37612



Joined: 25 Jan 2010
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action"

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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fermentation



Joined: 22 Jun 2009
PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Zackback wrote:
Hey Cosmic Dum,
You want to believe that you descended(ascended?) from the brute go ahead. It shows in your logic. Keep up the terrible job defending your faith.


Have you read a biology book? Could you even understand it?
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