40 years ago it was the Big Bang Theory. 20 years ago is was String Theory. Maybe in about 10 years the Quantum physicists will look at the formula generated by their supercomputers, and the output will look like the Sistine Chapel.

Didn't the Greeks or Romans have the 3 "R's", plus music and art? Back to basics wouldn't be bad.

A local (very expensive) private school here in town requires all children, regardless of grade, to learn a language. They also have a class that I WISH I had as a child--time management!

Which reminds me, why am I not working now?

 

Beyond whether or not the stickers influenced kids, they are a concrete sign of a special interest group attempting to manipulate the public schools into teaching their own private agenda. In some ways, that is where the true danger of the stickers resides.

 

They didn't have public education at all.

 

[QUOTE=cordycord,Jan 20 2005, 04:43 PM] 40 years ago it was the Big Bang Theory.

 

Blow evolution out the window? Ain't gonna happen! Isn't it true that the current and generally accepted theory among physicists that the universe originated with a singular event, and has evolved to what we observe today, and continues to evolve ? Isn't it also true that we humans, along with all other life, are constructed of the same matter that is found throughout the universe? If this is all true, then could it also be said that, in a manner of speaking, the universe has evolved to a point where it can begin to study and comprehend its own nature?
"There are far more mysteries between heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosphies, Horatio".

 

Yes, I believe that is the Flavor of the Day. In another 10 years, there may be a different THEORY, but not if we stop searching and theorizing? I think we can all agree that all life evolves. That's not a theory. Beyond that, we need to keep investigating.

The ENTIRE universe? I dunno.... So far, I suppose.... From how far out have we actually done sampling?

 

[QUOTE=rjosey8385,Jan 21 2005, 10:00 AM] Yes, I believe that is the Flavor of the Day.

 

Okeydokey - you're off the hook this time....

 

Evolution generally refers to any process of change over time; in the context of the life sciences, evolution is a change in the genetic makeup of a group - a population of interbreeding individuals within a species. Since the emergence of modern genetics in the 1940s, evolution has been defined more specifically as a change in the frequency of alleles from one generation to the next.
The word "evolution" is often used as a shorthand for the modern theory of evolution of species based upon Darwin's theory of natural selection. This theory states that all species today are the result of an extensive process of evolution that began over three billion years ago with simple single-celled organisms, and that evolution via natural selection accounts for the great diversity of life, extinct and extant.
As the theory of evolution by natural selection has become universally accepted in the scientific community, it has replaced other explanations including creationism and Lamarckism.

 

^ Alright, you caught me. I deliberately cheated a bit. But the universe is a non biological entity, so the more general definition of evolution applies. I know that's not what you meant, but I never said that I was going to play fair.