Sir, the Pennsylvania State Academic Standards require students to, quote, evaluate the nature of scientific and technological knowledge, unquote. You have no objection to that standard, do you?
A. Oh, not only do I have no objection to it, I think that’s a good standard. I think students should do that. Q. Similarly, the Pennsylvania State Academic Standards require students to, quote, critically evaluate the status of existing theories, unquote. And they include in the list of examples five different theories, one of them being the theory of evolution. Do you have any — A. Would you be kind enough to tell me what the other theories are, sir? I’m sorry to slow you down, Mr. Muise, but I always find the context of a statement is useful in helping to formulate a complete answer. Q. Just so the record reflects, I’m reading from Defendant’s Exhibit No. 233, the academic standards for science and technology and environment and ecology. It says, critically evaluate the status of existing theories (e.g. theory of disease, wave theory of light, classifications of subatomic particles, theory of evolution, epidemiology of AIDS)? A. Thank you for reading that to me. I do appreciate it.
