The #Bible has been removed from libraries in Utah after a parent used a new law that permits the removal of "pornographic".
The parent argued that the Bible contained topics such as incest, bestiality, genital mutilation, and infanticide, making it pornographic under the new definition set forth in Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1227.
A GOP lawmaker expressed "sadness" regarding the situation.
Then define the scientific method as a faith-based religion, where the faith is based around believing in replicability, a faith in objectivity, and a faith in the consistency of physical reality.
Then it's impossible to ban. :D
@BillySmith @els76uk I like the deviousness you propose.
Unfortunately by conflating science with faith, you're playing into the hands of those who take that tactic when it comes to denying established science. So it could ultimately weaken real science in popular opinion.
I would say that it's more a faith-in-the-process-of-science.
Agreed about the long-term potential weakening.
It's based on the Flying Spaghetti Monster approach. :D
If you don't know the story, back in the early 2000's, there was a group of Creationists who were arguing that their Creation Science should be taught in schools in science classes.
The people who came up with the concept of the FSM argued that their "science" should be taught as well, and they used all of the same arguments that the Creationists were using, so that the Creationists couldn't attack their arguments as it would destroy their own. :D
It's also rooted in Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, as well as Stallman's insight that gave rise to the GPL. :D
@BillySmith @els76uk As a former creationist of many years (young earth then old earth), I encountered the FSM on occasion. 🙂
I'm not familiar with the incompleteness theorem, but I do know a bit about Stallman, Raymond and the GPL.
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