Misquotes have grave consequences
I was reading on a few Internet sites that the Royal Society’s education director Professor Michael Reiss has resigned from his post due to a controversy that occurred when he was misquoted regarding creationism being taught in the classroom. He claims that he said that if a student brings up creationism that the class should be encouraged to understand evolution. He was misquoted as saying that creationism should be taught in the classroom.
This is a classic case of people being misquoted and the havoc it can wreak in their lives. I can think of a few times that I’ve said something and I was misquoted and I ended up in unfortunate circumstances, such as losing a valued friend.
A lie that is believed can have the same consequence as if it were true. It really is too bad.