re: #658 iceweasel

Exactly, It sounds so innocuous: “teach the controversy!” or “teach both sides!”

I once sat through a fascinating but controversial lecture by a theoretical physicist about why the Dirac equation (the equation that describes the behaviour of an electron in terms that are consistent with both quantum mechanics and special relativity) could not apply to an extended object like a proton. This was considered to be controversial, and I distinctly remember some of the professors grumbling to each other afterwards about the assertion that the equation could not apply. I sometimes want to ask the IDers if they’re proposing to teach this “controversy” as well.