RE: Creationism and Ignorance
May 2, 2018 at 9:10 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2018 at 9:11 am by vulcanlogician.)
(May 2, 2018 at 8:58 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Project Steve is a pretty good demonstration of how ludicrous Alpha's book link is.
https://ncse.com/project-steve
Thanks for the link, F&F. It really speaks to the point I was trying to make.
Quote:Creationists draw up these lists to try to convince the public that evolution is somehow being rejected by scientists, that it is a "theory in crisis." Not everyone realizes that this claim is unfounded. NCSE has been asked numerous times to compile a list of thousands of scientists affirming the validity of the theory of evolution. Although we easily could have done so, we have resisted. We did not wish to mislead the public into thinking that scientific issues are decided by who has the longer list of scientists!
Inadvertently, Alpha's post (combined with your link) has demonstrated to me that the problem mentioned in the OP is probably more the result of indoctrination/distrortion of the facts than a failure in our education system--although an increase in the quality of education would most likely combat the ill effects of the misinformation.