I think it DOES belong there
and I'll tell you why- because science is one area where we really do need critical thinking. Were it not for people being willing to stand up and argue against the mainstream, we wouldn't have such things as airplanes.

Science is taught as being very cut and dried, as a series of absolutes. It isn't. Six hundred years ago it was accepted as 100% FACT that the earth was flat. Less time ago that that it was accepted as 100% FACT that machines that were heavier than air couldn't fly. A hundred and fifty years ago it was accepted as 100% FACT that there was phlogiston and luminous ether.

Science class is one place where debate is truly needed. Without debate among scientists discoveries would stop.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 18 Jul 2008, 13:10, Reply)