Oh, it could be worse. My 9th grade biology teacher described the big bang as "when the solar system exploded and that's why everything in the universe is rushing away from us." Granted physics wasn't her field, but I would still hope a science teacher would know the basic idea.
But I agree that comparing two unlike phenomena, one based on observation and one not, is extremely frustrating. It's... okay, if you were studying children, you would note that a child believing in fairies and a child believing that Grandma and Grandpa exist, as evidenced by photographs and phone calls, are different kinds of belief, yes?
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on 2010-03-03 06:54 am (UTC)But I agree that comparing two unlike phenomena, one based on observation and one not, is extremely frustrating. It's... okay, if you were studying children, you would note that a child believing in fairies and a child believing that Grandma and Grandpa exist, as evidenced by photographs and phone calls, are different kinds of belief, yes?