one of those judges whose name is much less famous than the idea his ruling helped protect. in 1982, william overton struck down an arkansas law that required public schools to give creation science balanced treatment with evolution. what makes the decision especially interesting is that he did not just say creationism was religious. he tried to articulate what makes something science in the first place: it has to deal with the natural world, be testable, remain open to revision, and be falsifiable. a courtroom ended up becoming a surprisingly important place for defining the boundary between belief and scientific inquiry.
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