To the editor: As Kellyanne Conway and different enablers of former President Trump claimed they’d “various” info to current, they have been free to claim that these “info” have been simply nearly 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 trainer and professor, I used to be typically urged by college students to have a debate between evolution and creationism. I turned them down decisively.
The idea of evolution is a scientific reality. However, creationism is a non secular idea, not permitting nor demanding any peer-reviewed proof to assist it.
With that in thoughts, why Stanford’s president would even contemplate having a “convention” on the COVID-19 pandemic embrace 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
