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I just bought the new Natl. Geographic. I'm psyched about the lead.

edit: from the editor's page:
Some of the confusion stems from the phrase "theory of evoltion." when scientists say "theory", they mean a statement based on observation or experimentation that explains facets of the observable world so well that it becomes accepted as fact. They do not mean an idea created out of thin air nor do they mean an unsubstantiated belief.

Date: 2004-11-09 12:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sanpaku.livejournal.com
Actually, it's depressing/disturbing that they need to devote pages of text to something no intelligent person could debate.

Date: 2004-11-09 12:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herbaliser.livejournal.com
yeah (http://www.livejournal.com/users/baldghoti/145112.html)

Date: 2004-11-09 12:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chris.livejournal.com
i just got a subscription and that was my first issue. I've read about half of that article and its pretty awesome. I was amazed that like 44% of americans don't believe in evolution at all.

Date: 2004-11-09 01:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herbaliser.livejournal.com
wow (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/latimests/20041109/ts_latimes/georgiaevolutionlawsuitisafact)

Date: 2004-11-09 01:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bewing.livejournal.com
Heh. I woulda said the same thing as your quote, except to add, "you freakin' MORONS!" to the end. ;-)

Maybe the other media will quote it a time or 3, and the meme may spread beyond Natl. Geographic.

Date: 2004-11-09 01:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herbaliser.livejournal.com
or not (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/latimests/20041109/ts_latimes/georgiaevolutionlawsuitisafact)

Date: 2004-11-09 01:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pootrootbeer.livejournal.com
Yes, but scientific theories are only accepted as fact until something better comes along! We cannot be teaching our children "facts" that may end up being wrong! Spelling, too -- words change over the centuries! No use trying to pretend that proper English is a "fact" today, when everyone might switch to l33tsp3ak tomorrow!

Idiots are idiots.

Date: 2004-11-09 02:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] verybadlady.livejournal.com
I agree. Science changes every day. I bet neither theories are right.

Date: 2004-11-09 02:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] monstrosity.livejournal.com
The statistics in that article made me feel much better about the election results.

Date: 2004-11-09 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velvet.livejournal.com
It's just a theory. And so is gravity.

Date: 2004-11-09 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bewing.livejournal.com
Yup, and so is the theory that ignorant rednecks exist. Whew!

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