By Mark Frauenfelder | 2 August 2019

Boing Boing

A surefire way to tell if someone is a liar and/or ignorant about science is if they say a scientific theory is “only a theory,” like it’s a guess or a hypothesis and not a factual framework. That’s exactly what Florida’s new Board of Education chairman, a citrus farmer named Andy Tuck, said about the theory of evolution when he was the vice-chairman:

“As a person of faith, I strongly oppose any study of evolution as fact at all. I’m purely in favor of it staying a theory and only a theory. I won’t support any evolution being taught as fact at all in any of our schools.”

Tuck was appointed by Florida Governor Rick Scott.

School Board Vice Chairman Andy Tuck said, “as a person of faith, I strongly oppose any study of evolution as fact at all… I won’t support any evolution being taught as fact at all in any of our schools.”#evolution #education #Florida https://t.co/BoQBFrjZJb — Secular Students (@SecularStudents) August 3, 2019

The New Florida Board of Education Chair, Andy Tuck: “I won’t support any evolution being taught as fact at all in any of our schools.” Mr. Tuck, every student needs to learn the difference between science, mathematics, theology and religion. https://t.co/zJKIkGd48v — Roy David Walker (@WalkerForFL) August 1, 2019

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