Republicans: Please Raise Your Hand If You Do Not Believe In Evolution

[MarkG]

awsome...

[Jon Miller]

So? They are politicians, not scientists. The one thing that has gotten me is the ignorance of the general population, both creationists and evolutionists.

This might not be true in other countries, but seems to be true in the US.

If you have the option of believing what some scientist you don't know tells you, or what your freind the pastor tells you, which are you going to beleive?

It is only those who have more knowledge in the field, and know some of the evidence, where the issue goes beyond "who do you beleive?".

Jon Miller

[BeBMan]

No aggressors

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
So? They are politicians, not scientists.

politicians are supposed to the lead the people and speak the truth, not go along with the ignorance...

If you have the option of believing what some scientist you don't know tells you, or what your freind the pastor tells you, which are you going to beleive?

so you have to know and trust a scientist in order to form an opinion on scientific fact?

here are some hints: reading, using logic, research, libraries!!

[MarkG]

Originally posted by BeBro
No aggressors

it was too long to write "Republican Candidates for Presidential Aggressor"

[DanS]

Only 3 out of 10 don't believe in evolution? TBH, I thought it would be worse.

[Nostromo]

People couldn't justify 90% of their beliefs by themselves, even if they wanted to. You have to rely up to certain point on what the experts agree on.

Most people here believe that the Earth turns around the Sun, but they couldn't even begin to justify it if we asked them. But that doesn't mean that their belief isn't rationally justified. There are good arguments from autority and there are bad ones.

[Jaguar]

I kind of want to know who the 3 out of 10 are.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by MarkG

If you have the option of believing what some scientist you don't know tells you, or what your freind the pastor tells you, which are you going to beleive?

so you have to know and trust a scientist in order to form an opinion on scientific fact?

here are some hints: reading, using logic, research, libraries!!

If you talk to people in America, you will find out that people haven't done the research/etc. Basically because they don't really care to.

So yes, for a lot of people in America, it is just a trust issue.

And if the people don't care to, why should the politicians?

Jon Miller

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
If you talk to people in America, you will find out that people haven't done the research/etc. Basically because they don't really care to.

Basically because it would challenge their beliefs and they have been indoctrinated into thinking that that is an evil thoughtcrime. There is something of a difference.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by DanS
Only 3 out of 10 don't believe in evolution? TBH, I thought it would be worse.

3 dared to raise their hand
if you notice, they all sort-of waited to see who would actually do it

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi


Basically because it would challenge their beliefs and they have been indoctrinated into thinking that that is an evil thoughtcrime. There is something of a difference.

Err, based off my experience in physics (and even with the bit of chemistry I know) that isn't really the case. They just don't care to know about science.

Why should they do research in evolution when they don't do research into everything else? I question whether some of them even value the assumptions underlying scientific theory.

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

There is really this communication gap, I think. With each side looking down on the other as somehow being less...

As long as this is the case, we will see this dislike and distrust that is so manifest.

Jon Miller

[SlowwHand]

May a moderate independent raise his hand?

[Koyaanisqatsi]

This isn't a question of research though. People are being actively told through primary education and (most) mass media that evolution is a valid scientific theory. That is being offset by their being told that it is not by their churches. There's no research necessary...they are choosing not to believe the research done by others and presented to them (and it is presented to every one of them at some point) because they have been told it isn't true by people who they have chosen to trust on matters outside their expertise.