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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:37 AM Original message |
Why are people in this country still so ignorant about evolution? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. When I read cr@p like this, I begin to believe we have been visited by aliens. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Part of the problem is the culture of lies created by the US media |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's enough to give you whiplash if you're old enough to remember |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Newspapers, TV and radio also had a sense of ethics- and credibility was their stock in trade |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
57. That's because rubbish sells advertising. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. tell me about it... |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Embracing science was pathetic? |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. You are mis-reading me... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. the 60s and 70s was when Science-bashing became a popular pastime by all sides. |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. The US media covers controversial subjects in order to increase their audience which, in turn, |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. Remember this old song? |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. you ignorant fool |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Noah was a Dinosaur Whisperer, that's why. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. obviously |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Becasue they only took baby dinos. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. I grow weary of these pieces |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. Religion. The ignorance springs from religion. |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. and Religion springs from Ignorance |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Not just ignorance. Agressively willfully chosen ignorance. The worst kind. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Totally in agreement |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
12. The last paragraph of that piece is one of the most cogent arguments for voting Democratic I've seen |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. god wills it so. |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. I took an Intro to Evolution class last semester |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I always have trouble with the concept of "not believing in" scientific truths. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
40. I know a man with a degree in Biology who thinks the same way. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
15. Its Them NeAnder dudes engaging in copulation competition with the CRO MAGNONS and LOST |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. It goes deeper than only evolution. The core question is |
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Pholus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. Actually, evolution is responsible for ignorance about evolution. |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You scared me too. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
62. Anti-intellectualism is not survival oriented - that is true. But it doesn't mean it will die out. |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
22. People are stupid. nt |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. Religious dogma |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. because the religious right is a group of scum-sucking mother fuckers |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
26. The thing is, one can accept evolution and Genesis simultaneously... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Only some people, though.. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. So your saying you can take that book of nonsense |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. One can accept the Smurfs and evolution simultaneously if one doesn't care what one believes |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. That's a type of rationalization which has become more and more popular |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. remember back in the day, when it was a given that the bible were "stories" so lessons could be |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. Too complex to be understood (by him, the writer means)..so if it's too complex |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
29. Could be worse - you could live in Turkey: |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. That chart actually makes me want to cry. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
34. Because Evolution hasn't caught up with the knuckle draggers |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. Why can't we find missing links? |
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FBI_Un_Sub (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
36. American Values |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
38. Religion teaches that belief in the face of contradictory evidence is a virtue. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Yes, that's how Inquisitions happen. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
39. Give them time. Their opinions will change. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. I had a Neanderthal tell me that they call it EVIL-LUTION. |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
45. here's as good an explanation as i've ever seen |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
47. We're ignorant about science in general, across the political spectrum. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Definitely true, though evolution and a few other truths are denied for political reasons |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
49. Obligatory useful relevant link: |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. One word; Religion. |
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Cartoonist (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
52. Mirrors |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
54. Religion. (n/t) |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. To quote Bill Hicks: Ever notice how the people who dont believe in evolution look really unevolved? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. Is the teaching of evolution a requirement in all public and charter schools? |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
58. Willful ignorance |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. Willful ignorance encouraged by Postmodernist garbage. |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
60. "and Hitler, a socialist, killed tens of millions" - YIKES |
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