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Anonymous wrote:Lots of science teachers believe in God, too, OP.

Are you going to report him for his belief? Or for what he TEACHES as part of the curriculum???

Shh. He must.be.reported.

Students can't hear something that might make them think unless it's in a textbook and parents agree with it..

Anonymous wrote:Lots of science teachers believe in God, too, OP.

Are you going to report him for his belief? Or for what he TEACHES as part of the curriculum???

Anonymous wrote:So what?

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Anonymous wrote:Science teachers also should not be talking about what they “believe in.” Climate change isn’t like God or Santa, where faith and belief matter. The teacher could say “I don’t think there is enough evidence of climate change to be certain it is happening.” Then you can talk about evidence. Belief has no role in science.

It's possible he said it along those lines. I'm getting my 13 year old's interpretation of this.

Wrong again. Climate change is happening, and no one but cranks are denying this. You are mistaking human contributions with actual climate change. The former is still debated, the latter not at all.

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You should report him to the Principal, and CC to the Superintendent and Board of Education. State that the amount of evidence on climate change has been overwhelming for many years, and that given the political climate, a teacher who tells his students, even privately, that climate change does not exist, should not be hired by a public school system which professes to teach real science.

Climate change is absolutely undeniable.

The human contribution to climate change has been hotly debated. Most agree that humans have contributed in a major way to our current rapid increase in temperature. There have also been times on earth when temperatures varied abruptly without human interference.

np. If it were as overwhelming and undeniable as you claim, people like you wouldn't be so eager and desperate to silence the voices and punish those who dare to question the orthodoxy.

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You should report him to the Principal, and CC to the Superintendent and Board of Education. State that the amount of evidence on climate change has been overwhelming for many years, and that given the political climate, a teacher who tells his students, even privately, that climate change does not exist, should not be hired by a public school system which professes to teach real science.

Climate change is absolutely undeniable.

The human contribution to climate change has been hotly debated. Most agree that humans have contributed in a major way to our current rapid increase in temperature. There have also been times on earth when temperatures varied abruptly without human interference.

Anonymous wrote:He mentioned this as an offhandedl remark during a casual conversation with some students, he didn't announce it to the class during a lesson but still find it shocking. How would you react if your kid's science teacher didn't believe in climate change?

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who does modeling and simulation for a living, I will tell you this:

Modeling and simulation is not science.

"Climate change" is based on modeling and simulation.

Thus, climate change is not science.

Not true. The science of climate change is based on measurement, from several centuries of data, including much more intensive measurements post 1970. We know from measurement how much and in what ways the climate has changed (a lot and escalating very quickly). This is basic science. So it's false to say climate change is not science: it's already been measured and verified.

We use modeling and simulation to predict future changes and assess the reliability of past simulations. Most past models/simulations have been too conservative when we compare them to actually measured climate changes. Any specific predicted model is just that: a prediction, but when the measures match it becomes verified. So specific predicted models of the impact of climate change are not "settled," but documented changes are settled and their to-date coherence with the most predominate models (but only worse) is also established.