A scientist in North Carolina recently realized that the “science” textbooks and lesson plans given to North Carolina’s public school students had largely erased discussion of the scientific method.
The scientific method–which emphasizes skepticism over certainty, and questions over conclusions–is the bedrock of scientific discovery. Yet since 2012, North Carolina’s schoolbooks have embraced “consensus” over doubt.
This has corresponded to broadening acceptance of top-down science claims involving doomsday climate ideology and COVID-19 panics.
