I’m sure Governor Palin has many fine qualities, but, according to Wired, her science policy appears not to be one of them:
In a 2006 gubernatorial debate, the soon-to-be governor of Alaska said of evolution and creation education, “Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of education. Healthy debate is so important, and it’s so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both.”
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Asked by the Anchorage Daily News whether she believed in evolution, Palin declined to answer, but said that “I don’t think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class.”
“I’m not going to pretend I know how all this came to be,” she said.
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Palin’s statements track with the official Alaska Republican Party platform, which support creation science and intelligent design by name, and says that “evidence disputing the theory should also be presented.”
Oh, dear. Not only interested in seceding from the United States (allegedly) but also from the modern world. Even, reportedly, interested in book banning, though not so much in the scientific consensus on global climate change. Oh, dear.