This is in response to the March 17 letter to the editor written, asking “Why is there a bias against science education?”
Why the bias against science? The letter presumes that bright students will not go into many fields of science because they perceive that science and religion are in conflict. As a scientist and a Christian I can assure you that I do not fear that true science will conflict with my beliefs. Science confirms what I believe to be true.
Nothing I learned in my studies for a doctorate in nuclear physics conflicts with my beliefs. I am not anti-science.
The real challenge in higher education is the lack of the use of critical-thinking skills by students when presented with theories in disciplines of science. Students should be encouraged to ask teachers for evidence for the theories presented to them as fact. As scientists we are taught to be skeptical of everything that we are taught. That is how science makes progress and ultimately comes to the truth.
Most of the important disciplines of science established in the 1600s to 1900s time frame were established by Bible-believing scientists. Names like Newton, Kepler, Bacon, Galileo, Pascal, Faraday, Maxwell, Kelvin, etc., come to mind. Modern science was established on the shoulders of these giants in science.
Science must continue to be the search for truth.
Heinz Lycklama
Arlington
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