A prof in Texas is refusing to write letters of recommendation for further study in biomedical science unless his students aver a belief in evolution and disclaim a belief in Creationism. His students claim it's "religious bigotry."
The Web page advises students seeking a recommendation to be prepared to answer the question: "How do you think the human species originated?"
"If you cannot truthfully and forthrightly affirm a scientific answer to this question, then you should not seek my recommendation for admittance to further education in the biomedical sciences," Dini writes…
He argues that physicians who "ignore or neglect" the Darwinian aspects of medicine or the evolutionary origin of humans can make bad clinical decisions…A scientist who denies the "fact" of human evolution, Dini writes, is in effect committing "malpractice regarding the method of science."
"Good scientists would never throw out data that do not conform to their expectations or beliefs," he writes.
(via MeFi)
