Do you think the alternative hypothesis should be taught in the classroom?

Read this article on the website





http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080520090630.htm








It is not a long article!





Do you feel alternative hypotheses should be taught in the classroom and to what extent. Why do you feel this way?|||Sure - just not in a science classroom. You could make a curriculum that includes Creationism, cryptozoology, flat-earth beliefs and Millenialism/Armageddonism along with other completely ridiculous and irrational beliefs that people like to try to convince each other are real. Why do I feel this way? I try to inhabit the world as it is, not as I want it to be.


See, your first error is calling Creationism "the alternative hypothesis". That presumes that you will test it to see if it fits the observed facts or whether it doesn't. Creationism cannot be tested - those who accept the premise, that God created everything, magically find that everything supports their hypothesis. This is not how science works. Creationism is not science, no matter how often and how loudly silly people say it is. Creationism is not "the alternative hypothesis", any more than "all matter was created in the form of a giant furball coughed up by a Giant Invisible Cosmic Cat" is "the alternative hypothesis".|||You can't improve on John R's answer - spot on. That has to be true, Jesus said it!