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Thankfully, it's highly unlikely to pass - even one of its proponents, <a href="/wiki/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> Sue Allen, is prepared to admit it.<sup id="cite_ref-beacon_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beacon-1">[1]</a></sup> This does not make the bill itself any better. </p><p>The bill would "amend chapters 170 and 174, RSMo, by adding ... two new sections relating to standard science instruction." These sections would be 170.018 and 174.890. The bills sponsor is Republican Rick Brattin, the operator of a drywall firm and who freely admits that he has "no advanced scientific expertise or training", and that people who <i>do</i> are attacking his bill left right and centre.<sup id="cite_ref-beacon_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beacon-1">[1]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#170.018"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">170.018</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#174.890"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">174.890</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="170.018">170.018</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missouri_House_Bill_1227&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 170.018">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The first amendment wishes to call itself the "<b>Missouri Standard Science Act</b>". It begins by listing a large number of definitions for use in the bill, including "Biological <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolution</a>"; "Biological <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">intelligent design</a>"; "Destiny"; "Scientific theory"; and "Standard <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a>". The definitions are stereotypical ID nonsense. One of the most important in the later sections is Standard science: </p> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>"Standard science", knowledge disclosed in a truthful and objective manner and the physical universe without any preconceived philosophical demands concerning origin or destiny. Knowledge is based upon verified empirical data obtained through observation and experimentation and serves as the factual basis for formulae, events, processes, principles, and laws and may be a component of theory, hypothesis, conjecture and extrapolation. Knowledge growth as a result of human endeavor serves as the foundation for the continuous reevaluation of theory, hypothesis, conjecture, and extrapolation to determine their correctness based on supporting or conflicting verified empirical data.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Missouri House Bill 1227 170.018.2.11</cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The next part of the bill, after the definitions, states that "[a]ll science taught in Missouri public elementary and secondary schools...shall be standard science." It goes on to list the criteria that said science should meet, including such provisions as: </p> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>If scientific theory concerning biological origin is taught in a course of study, biological evolution and biological intelligent design shall be taught. Other scientific theory or theories of origin may be taught. If biological intelligent design is taught, any proposed identity of the intelligence responsible for earth's biology shall be verifiable by present-day observation or experimentation and teachers shall not question, survey, or otherwise influence student belief in a nonverifiable identity within a science course;</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Missouri House Bill 1227 170.018.3.3b</cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In other words: teach creationism, and don't influence students' belief in their <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">imaginary friend</a>. </p><p>The amendment goes on to comment on how textbook material should be made available, before finishing up with the demand that exams also give equal time to evolution and ID also.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="174.890">174.890</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missouri_House_Bill_1227&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 174.890">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The second section has no fancy name, and simply reiterates that "[a]ll standard science course materials and instruction shall meet" the criteria which is repeated from earlier. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missouri_House_Bill_1227&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ncse.com/news/2012/01/update-from-missouri-007107">Two</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ncse.com/news/2012/01/beacon-sheds-light-hb-1227-007159">articles</a> from the <a href="/wiki/NCSE" class="mw-redirect" title="NCSE">NCSE</a> on the subject.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scienceandcreation.blogspot.com/2012/01/missouri-house-bill-no-1227-invisible.html">Missouri House Bill No. 1227: The Invisible Hand of The Discovery Institute</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missouri_House_Bill_1227&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:1; -webkit-column-count:1; column-count:1; font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-beacon-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-beacon_1-0">1.0</a></sup> 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