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Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans
Stern Thinker writes "In a 2005 poll covering 33 countries, Americans are the least likely (except for Turkish respondents) to assert that 'humans developed ... from earlier species of animals.' Iceland, meanwhile, has an 85% acceptance rating for evolution." The blurb on the site for Science magazine is less circumspect about the findings: "The acceptance of evolution is lower in the United States than in Japan or Europe, largely because of widespread fundamentalism and the politicization of science in the United States."
Shouldn't it be "Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans" ?
Second grade english grammar
Nothing you point out is really 'wrong.' Science came up with a model, and the model was right for all observable behaviors at the time. As we can observe more, the models becomes more accurate. Newton wasn't 'totally off' he got it right quite a bit. This is why Newtonian physics is still taught; its simpler, and actually DOES work properly in many cases. If you need more accuracy however, you may need to switch to Relativity. The model of the atom works much the same; earlier models are not as acurate, but not totally wrong either.
Creationism and evolution do clash however. One is a bedtime story, the other is science. Where do we see any evidence that mammals such as lions and reptiles such as snakes just came into being one day? We don't see that, we see simplier, earlier versions which are similar, but not the same.
Any attempt to merge creationism and evolution is an attempt to hold on to ones faith when confronted with overwhelming evidence that their beliefs are wrong. It seems its easier for people to attempt to 'blend' the two, than admit they are wrong. Creationism according to the bible means god just whipped up a lion; creationism + evolution is 'god put down a cell and coxed it to become a lion.' They still cling to the notion of god, for which there is no evidence, but are trying to accept evolution, for which we do have evidence.
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But the headline, "Did Humans Evolve? No, Says (sic) Americans," seems to indicate a profound ignorance of grammar. The results of California's STAR test released today say I should not be surprised.
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