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Evolution… Miss USA Edition

Have you seen this? It’s long (like 15 minutes long). Go ahead though, indulge yourself in the role models for women in this country. Guess what gets you places girls? Cute smiles, pounds of makeup, bleached teeth, exposed yet teasing busts, and horrendously bad facts about science.

Granted, there were a few answers in there that were ok, but the overwhelming majority was just awful.

Some of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkBmhM0R2A0&feature=player_detailpage#t=39s

REALLY??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkBmhM0R2A0&feature=player_detailpage#t=307s

Is this even comprehensible?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkBmhM0R2A0&feature=player_detailpage#t=265s

:: blink::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkBmhM0R2A0&feature=player_detailpage#t=110s

Close!!

Lot’s of answers took the easy route, let’s just teach both! More importantly, they were giving answers about “letting the child decide”… I have a few issues about this, but what really bothered me is that they all wanted the schools to place evolution and creationism on the same level or platform, in a public school, and to let the children decide.

Yes, evolution is a theory, in the sense that it is a model in how organisms have lived and survived through history, going forward. But there is also empirical evidence that supports evolution. Just like gravity, in which we have a theory that “gravity” keeps us on Earth and we have empirical evidence (aka our feet are planted) to suggest that gravity is a fact.

Like, you know… let’s just let the kids decide about another theory, like math.

I’m not convinced that creationism should be taught in public schools. There are plenty of appropriate places to teach your child or have your child hear about creationism. There’s church, Sunday school, camps, their own independent reading, and you can even talk to your child about your beliefs. But please, leave it out of public school.