"48% of the American public rejects the scientific theory of evolution"

[Crud's Uncle]

Not being able to prove something is not proof of the alternative.

phatkid, crud's uncle on the other hand seems to be fine with things starting out of nowhere, but not with them evolving from one to another.

Anyway, everyone knows that the world was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Ramen!

[Crud's Uncle]

If the civilized world is those that agree with you.

I'm sure you realize that the rest of the civilized world has closed this debate long ago and is looking at you in utter bewilderment ?

(Crud's Uncle, that means they all think you're an idiot. With a hard science degree. Hard, like in dense)

[Crud's Uncle]

Hard as in biochemistry.

I'm sure you realize that the rest of the civilized world has closed this debate long ago and is looking at you in utter bewilderment ?

(Crud's Uncle, that means they all think you're an idiot. With a hard science degree. Hard, like in dense)

[Caucasian Asian]

Wow... that is messed up.

Looks like 52% of you are headed straight for hell!

Hell doesn't exist. 100% of us will become gasoline in a million years.

[vinnay]

I think that the plane will take off.

i laughed.

[Cliff Huckable]

100% of us will become gasoline in a million years.

Nature's revenge?

[Powow]

No you are the idiot. At least I have a hard science graduate degree. I doubt if you could pass an intro chemistry class, much less a biochem class. You should at least understand that you a parrot not a thinker.

A hard science graduate that thinks 'evolution is JUST a theory' means something?

You must have sucked a lot of cock to get through school.

[Yonder_River]

Uncle Crud is right, look peanut butter disproves evolution.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/peanutbutter

[Egon]

More proof that america's education system needs a serious overhaul.

[waxman]

"the rest of the civilized world has closed this debate long ago and is looking at you in utter bewilderment "
that's a bold statement coming from France, pretty Catholic iirc.....

[Crud's Uncle]

just because that is how you got through with a 2.0, doesn't mean the rest of us share your lowly intellect.

A hard science graduate that thinks 'evolution is JUST a theory' means something?

You must have sucked a lot of cock to get through school.

[Mofro261]

pfft. I got a biochem degree in a box of crackerjacks.


what theory of evolution are we talking about here?

convergent, divergent, parallel, lateral transfer, punctuated etc.

Or maybe directed- Intelligent by Design!





On a side note, my 2nd grader son is studying dinosaurs. in catholic school. Not that I have a bone to pick about that...the giganotosaurus could totally take down a T-rex.

[hanswurst]

"the rest of the civilized world has closed this debate long ago and is looking at you in utter bewilderment "
that's a bold statement coming from France, pretty Catholic iirc.....

yeah hilarious isn't it? what would the US then look like compared to that if even they have closed this debate long ago? christian fundamentalist? bwahahaha


oh wait. didn't you guys elect some dork for president lately who believes to be on some god given mission to bomb irak to make this world a better place or something?

gheee that's some funny shit right there man..

[Crass3000]

Religion is for the weak minded who need to believe that there is something else and that they won't just be dirt after they die. It's comforting to believe that we're going somewhere after we die but it isn't very rational. That being said... if it makes people feel better than there's nothing wrong with that. Evolution obviously has alot of scientific data behind it -- it is very hard to refute.

To put it into context... there is a whole lot more proof of evolution than there is for global warming. Now I'm not saying global warming doesn't exist but just that we don't have as much scientific data to back it up.

I always laugh when I hear Olympians that say that if it wasn't for Jesus H. Christ they would never be where they are. They seem to forget the 10+ hours a day they practice and the team of scientists they have behind them to figure out the biomechanics so that they can shave off that two-tenths of a second. It just sounds silly.

Rant over.

[grrrr]

At least I have a hard science graduate degree.

I'm sorry you had such a hard time with science.

I doubt if you could pass an intro chemistry class, much less a biochem class. You should at least understand that you a parrot not a thinker.

Oh dear, it looks like you had a hard time with English as well. Maybe you should consider vacation bible school.

[Mofro261]

To put it into context... there is a whole lot more proof of evolution than there is for global warming. Now I'm not saying global warming doesn't exist but just that we don't have as much scientific data to back it up.

Finally someone gets it.


Global warming causes evolution!!!

[cloudpeak]

Uncle Crud is right, look peanut butter disproves evolution.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/peanutbutter

I used to think evolution was a pretty credible theory, but after that video, I'm totally going to have to change my view. I hadn't realized that god created peanut butter. I wonder why he put salmonella in it. Maybe it was that darned ant. God works in mysterious ways.

[philippeR]

"the rest of the civilized world has closed this debate long ago and is looking at you in utter bewilderment "
that's a bold statement coming from France, pretty Catholic iirc.....

Yes and no :
"There are an estimated 45 million baptised Catholics in France, (77% of the population), in 98 dioceses, served by 23,000 priests. However, according to a 2003 poll, the numbers of believing and practicing Catholics are much lower. According to Froese (2001), 54% of the French are atheist or agnostic."

Anyway :
"Some new findings lead us toward the recognition of evolution as more than an hypothesis.* In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of discoveries in different scholarly disciplines. The convergence in the results of these independent studies—which was neither planned nor sought—constitutes in itself a significant argument in favor of the theory."
John Paul II - 1996

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Edit...note to self. Read story first before commenting.

[philippeR]

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!

NOT EVERYBODY IS AN ATHEIST!!!!! OMFG!!!

THEY SHOULD BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, you totally missed the point.

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Wow, you totally missed the point.

edit:that story is stupid.

And yes, I did miss the point. My bad.

[shizzle]

In this country there's really no emphasis on critical thinking in the education system.

It's also one of the main reasons most Americans are so simplistic when it comes to politics (Blue verus Red).

Few people actually consider the ideas put forth, or think critically about the criticisms, spin, and propaganda.

It's awful, but short of reforming the education system I can't see how it could improved.

Connecting the dots here...

Critical thinking has become too time intensive in schools-teachers are concerned with getting students to memorize a bunch of trivia to pass ridiculous standardized tests, mandated by No Child Left Behind, created by GWB. Coincidence?

Evolution happens. It means "changes over time". Lots of stuff changes over time, including the law of gravity's effect on body parts sagging. (Gravity is a law, not theory- F=ma) What gets peoples panties in a bunch is the one little observation made by Darwin that apes and humans appear to be similar-this is what people are referring to when they say, "I don't believe in evolution"-what they mean to say is their religious beliefs or mindset or little voices in their heads, says that apes did/ did not evolve into humans. Darwin had a difficult time publishing his observations because of his deep religious convictions-remember he was studying to become clergy before setting sail on the Beagle. He noticed similarities, he didn't say it was fact.

And this is the leading paradigm of biology. Plate tectonics, the leading paradigm of geology, had a tough time catching on, too.

Scientific laws are facts, as in gas laws, (PV=nRT), gravity, most stuff that can be written in a mathematical equation. Theories explain and predict phenomena-Laws and theories work together. For example, Gas Laws are based on Atomic Theory-which explains and predicts what atoms and molecules do.

Thanks for reading today's science lesson.

[MeatPuppet]

Religion is for the weak minded who need to believe that there is something else and that they won't just be dirt after they die.

I suppose you also think that formal education is for the weak minded who are too dumb to figure things out on their own.

[brutah]

The reason the missing link is missing is because it does not exist.

here's your missing link.......

Archaeopteryx lithographica



proves evolution by showing that birds evolved from reptiles...

[Long duc dong]

You guys re-elected Dubya. Same mechanic at work.

Absolutely. I've heard that the U.S. is 24th in the world in terms of the level of reading literacy of it's high school students. That is nothing to brag about.