Is the west, lead by the USA, entering a new "dark ages" where religious doctrine is allowed to dominate and direct scientific endeavour? Well probably not, but the American public school system has certainly giving us some disturbing examples of "dark ages" mentality with the attempt of the religious right to introduce religion into the science class under the cloak of "intelligent design". It has reminded us of the preciousness of the purity of scienctific endeavour, which should be the unbiased search for knowledge.

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