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Practicality of Reason  November 21st, 2012  Marco Rubio has
been in the news recently for equivocating on the age of the
Earth:   Translation: “I can’t have science which contradicts
fundie beliefs! I’m running for president, for Pete’s sake!”  A
lot of apologists for this kind of young-earth creationism try
to make it seem like there is no real-world impact for denying
the science on this. A lot of people who know science disagree,
saying that, for example, believing evolution is false will have
a real impact on a student’s understanding of biology and other
aspects of science.  However, it is sometimes hard to see
exactly how that works. After all, most people don’t learn
enough about biology or science in general for the difference
between believing or not believing in science to have any real
impact on their lives. As a result, the effects of
fundamentalist denial of science remains distant.  One
conservative, not necessarily religious, for