To the editor: As Kellyanne Conway and different enablers of former President Trump claimed that they had “various” info to current, they had been free to claim that these “info” had been simply pretty much as good as those with proof. (“Can Stanford tell the difference between scientific fact and fiction? Its pandemic conference raises doubts,” column, Oct. 15)
Throughout my 50-year profession as a biology instructor and professor, I used to be generally urged by college students to have a debate between evolution and creationism. I turned them down decisively.
The idea of evolution is a scientific truth. Then again, creationism is a non secular idea, not permitting nor demanding any peer-reviewed proof to help it.
With that in thoughts, why Stanford’s president would even think about having a “convention” on the COVID-19 pandemic embody fact-free conspiracy theorists and their ilk is past my comprehension. Maybe the college ought to subsequent host a convention discussing the professionals and cons of the idea of a flat Earth.
Jerry Lasnik, Thousand Oaks
