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12:02 PM - KU vs. academic freedom WaPo reported today that the planned University of Kansas course on "Intelligent Design and Creationism" has been scuttled because Professor Paul Mirecki was less than flattering towards the anti-scientific "fundies" who have been working overtime to replace science with mythology in Kansas and across the nation. Apparently, by openly proclaiming his intent to piss off the religious right, the esteemed "Evil Dr. P" stepped on the wrong toes, resulting in a reactionary backlash and ultimately the cancellation of a class which would have (at long last) treated the mythology of intelligent design as such. It is sadly unsurprising that teaching creationist mythology as science is less controversial in Kansas than teaching creation science as mythology. One must wonder, though, whether the folks at KU will ever provide anything more than lip service to the concept of academic freedom. How pathetic. More info: Technorati Tags: (
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