Intelligent design.
The word on the street is that 3 of the leading republican candidates rose their hands in opposition to the theory of Evolution through Natural Selection on national television last night. That's 30% of the republican field. Despair America! Apparently it's become acceptable for leading politicians to to take extreme, religiously motivated, poorly considered positions on modern scientific thought. These are the people who will potentially be models for all of our children, and indeed all of our society. Americans should stand up forcefully in opposition to this trend. There is no science a la carte. If you want to see a physician, get an MRI, or seek treatment for a serious illness, then you must accept evolution. Simply put, it's the basis of all progress in biology, and therein the basis of modern medicine. Scientists have no beef with religious practice, but if American children grow up with animosity toward the scientific process it will impede the treatment of millions, not to mention currently unimagined advances. Intelligent design is not a scientific theory, and should not be allowed to undermine the teaching of Biology any longer. Its time to fix the right side of American politics and let scientists do their work.
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Matt, I cannot be more vigorous in shaking my head yes to what you say here. To me, the thought of America devolving further into willing and shameless ignorance of cold hard truths is frightening. On one hand, I feel like this type of thinking could only last so long before it was grossly and justifiably deflated by any and every half-thinking person in this country, but on the other hand, I wonder exactly how many half-thinking people we have in this country, and more so, whether they're awake, give a shit, and are speaking up.
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