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Joined: Nov. 2005  (Permalink) Posted: Nov. 14 2005,17:20   
The recent debates and attacks on evolution are worrying.  Not
so much for scientists as I'm sure they can handle themselves
just fine. What worries me is that much of the unneccessary
debate is fuelled by the public's ignorance of science.  Face
facts the average Joe in the street couldn't care less about
Physics, Chemistry, or the Scientific Method for that matter.
Science is boring , and often taught in a boring and
disinterested manner by grey faceless high school science
teachers.  So what happens when passionate scammers with the
gift of the gab come along and try to peddle their moral
friendly science .  Well Joe Bloggs falls for it hook line and
sinker.  It amazes me the number of times otherwise intellegent
and reasonable people repeat some of the pointless creationist
drivel, such as "If we came from apes why are apes still here?"
and "Evolution is just a theory".  Fact is You l