Your News story 'Hong Kong evolution curriculum row' (Nature 457,1067; 2009) reports a call by faculty members at Hong Kong University for a sentence to be removed from new guidelines for secondary-school biology education. At present, these state: "In addition to Darwin's theory, students are encouraged to explore other explanations for evolution and the origins of life, to help illustrate the dynamic nature of scientific knowledge". You also note that a professor criticized the university for not letting him teach intelligent design in his course on the origin of the Universe.rnI was born in Hong Kong, was educated at local missionary schools and Hong Kong University, and am now overseas doing research in the field of evolution and development. As a scientist, I believe that the purpose of education is not only to pass knowledge to future generations, but also to develop students' analytical and critical thinking.
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