From Ars Technica, Bogus Objections to Academic Freedom Bills

Whenever you see an article about science education that refers to academic freedom bills as being "concocted by the creationist Discovery Institute," you can almost be guaranteed that it's going to contain a lot of misinformation and fallacious arguments in favor of censorship. This is exactly what we find in Scott K. Johnson's piece at Ars Technica, "Teach the controversy: Education bills contain a revealing confusion."

Over the years, I've heard a lot of bad arguments against academic fre...