Missouri bill redefines science, gives equal time to Intelligent Design

Rick Brattin's bill here in Missouri trying to get intelligent design into schools includes his own definition of scientific theory.

Although even the Wikipedia entry for scientific theory includes definitions provided by the world's most prestigious organizations of scientists, the bill's sponsor Rick Brattin has seen fit to invent his own definition. And it's a head-scratcher: "'Scientific theory,' an inferred explanation of incompletely understood phenomena about the physical universe based on limited knowledge, whose components are data, logic, and faith-based philosophy." The faith or philosophy involved remain unspecified.

Bill has a long list of brain-melting stipulations.

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