Biologists Steve Edinger and Scott Hooper recently found themselves in a highly uncomfortable position: trying to explain the definition of a scientific theory to a hostile, standing-room-only crowd at midnight in the Ohio State House in Columbus. Over regular outbursts of "Your time is up!" the pair tried to point out that an overwhelming amount of evidence supports the "theory" of evolution. Their audience, which included the Ohio House Education Committee, wasn't impressed. "Why are you afraid tolet all the facts bs known?" demanded one committee member. After Edinger's testimony, several members ofthe audience followed him out of the hearing room, shouting epithets.
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