Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

From Time, this is getting stuck into Dover, PA text books this year:

Because Darwin's theory is a theory, it is still being tested as new evidence is discovered. The theory is not a fact. Gaps in the theory exist for which there is no evidence ... Intelligent design is an explanation of the origin of life that differs from Darwin's view. The reference book Of Pandas and People is available for students to see if they would like to explore this view ... As is true with any theory, students are encouraged to keep an open mind.

I would like to proffer some other stickers I think could go in text books...

Because Einsteins's theory is a theory, it is still being tested as new evidence is discovered. The theory is not a fact. Gaps in the theory exist for which there is no evidence ... Disperate space is an explanation of the speed of light that differs from Einsteins's view. The reference book Faster than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation is available for students to see if they would like to explore this view ... As is true with any theory, students are encouraged to keep an open mind.

Because Fermi's theory is a theory, it is still being tested as new evidence is discovered. The theory is not a fact. Gaps in the theory exist for which there is no evidence ... Group theory is an explanation of the origin of the weak force that differs from Fermi's view. The reference book The Quantum Quark is available for students to see if they would like to explore this view ... As is true with any theory, students are encouraged to keep an open mind.

Oh, wait a second. All those are at least real science... I guess it's still turtles all the way down.

Also from the Time story:

In a Harris poll conducted in June, 55% of 1,000 adults surveyed said children should be taught creationism and intelligent design along with evolution in public schools. The same poll found that 54% did not believe humans had developed from an earlier species--up from 45% [ed:emphasis mine... I guess I need to up the 45% rule a few percentage points] with that view in 1994--although other polls have not detected this rise.

But wait!

But for those who read Genesis literally and believe that God created the world along with all creatures big and small in just six days, there's no reconciling faith with Darwinism. And polls indicate that approximately 45% of Americans believe that.

Maybe I can stick with 45 being the "total moron" number.