• Why the fuck don't I learn evolution in school?
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I live in Alberta schools suck here.
Alberta is the Canadian outpost of Alabama
They taught evolution in my school.
Evolution brought in too much religion controversy
[QUOTE=Ravage5665;21218902]Evolution brought in too much religion controversy[/QUOTE] If they don't like it, they can just go live in a remote compound and marry multiple 14-year-olds.
I did. Pretty interesting stuff that makes sense. I believe in evolution and I'm not an athiest. ([I]Shocker[/I]) I just wish that religious nuts would sit down and listen rather than plugging their ears and going "Nahh nahh nahh I can't hear you." [editline]06:04PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;21218540]So I'm the spawn of a retard Fish Frog?! :byodood:[/QUOTE] Pretty much yeah.
Anyone who denies evolution is dumb /thread
I just took a test on Evolution. :geno:
[QUOTE=Rammaster;21219077]I just took a test on Evolution. :geno:[/QUOTE] Why :geno:
In my opinion, if you haven't educated yourself on evolution by tenth grade, you should start doing so immeadietly. It's not a hard subject to pick up the basics of.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;21218983]If they don't like it, they can just go live in a remote compound and marry multiple 14-year-olds.[/QUOTE] Multiple? More than 2? :ohdear:
[QUOTE=P3N15M4N;21216648]I live in Canada by the way. So from any source I think to ask I get the same answer. Evolution is to be learned before microbiology and everything. But in school I am learning microbiology and have never even touched on evolution other than adaption. Nothing about anything that happened in the past just things that could happen now. What the fuck?! Is this because they consider evolution a form of religion or something? Thoughts?[/QUOTE] Well, I live in South Western Ontario. My school board is the [url=http://www.tvdsb.ca/]Thames Valley District School Board[/url]. I'm currently in a Grade 11 Biology class and Evolution is one of our units. I'd bring it up with your teacher, the head of the science department and somebody in admin, like a vice-principal. You should be learning evolution.
[QUOTE=Gummylamb;21219071]Anyone who denies evolution is dumb /thread[/QUOTE] I beg to differ. you can get dumber, the evidence: this post of yours
lol i thought it wasnt taught cuz schools were supposed to teach facts but......
[QUOTE=P3N15M4N;21216889]I examined my textbook it's not in there. I take general science so there is supposed to be a little of everything in there.[/QUOTE] Wait, no. Evolution is in Biology.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21217566]Everything is a theory Proof is subjective Nothing exists Nihilism Angst Brood Cut self[/QUOTE] :byodood: Oh fuck oh fuck But, on a more serious note, I think you're overreacting, dude. I go to a private Catholic school and I'm learning about evolutionism, creationism, and intelligent design, with evolution actually being touted as the most accepted 'theory' (It might as well be fact :P) You'll probably learn it somewhere down the line, probably in biology, like Klownox said.
Start a petition. Unless you live in bible town, you can probably get a large number of signatures.
Really, it depends on what grade you are in. The important thing is if you plan on specializing in biology in university, you need to learn it. It IS important to know, but school boards nowadays are just too pussy and scared that they will piss people off. Where abouts in Alberta are you?
Your taking general science. That bit about adaptation is the basic of evolution that you needed for the basic microbiology you are learning now. Just wait for a dedicated biology course, you'll learn the history and more in-depth stuff later. They don't teach you quantum entanglement and theoretical physics when you learn about the atom.
[QUOTE=Tazza;21216923]because you live in a rural redneck town, who hates black people and jews.[/QUOTE] I live in rural Georgia and we did a lot on evolution, of course almost every day she would tell us about how much she believed in god and how she was required to teach it to us like she was on trial or something.
You gotta wait till highschool.
[QUOTE=KmScMT;21219997]lol i thought it wasnt taught cuz schools were supposed to teach facts but......[/QUOTE] Troll or Crucified Zombie Lover.
The problem with evolution is that it isn't real science. You can't prove it with the scientific method. Every part of the theory is just a guess based on very scattered and inconsistent "evidence." There are already tons of examples that scientists touted as reasons to accept the theory that have been proven wrong. Examples: - Homologous structures: Just because things look/work the same way means absolutely nothing. Octopuses and Humans have similar eye structures, but yet they aren't homologous. Birds and Bats both have wings, and yet they aren't homologous. So obviously "homologous" structures are far from conclusive for any ancestor connection what so ever. - Embryonic development: Examples are all over the natural world. Two animals will have "homologous" structures, but they will develop from completely different parts of the embryo... going against the very idea of homologous structures. - Slow, constant mutation: The Cambrian Explosion is the surface of most complex forms in the "blink of an eye" in evolutionary terms instead of the slow change that evolution teaches. - Fossil record: The fossil record we have today would be like finding the letters 'B' 'E' and 'Z' while making the rest up based on semi-educated guesses. Its shockingly incomplete. Where are all the intermediate forms? - etc, etc, etc. There are also some other huge holes with the theory as it stands today: - Natural Selection by definition decreases genetic information. That means that every single piece of DNA that exists today that wasn't in the original DNA strand had to be created by random frame shift mutations. (the only kind that increase the actual amount of DNA) These ransom mutations had to fight against the very nature of the natural world, entropy, in order to INCREASE complexity. My point in all this isn't to say evolution isn't true, but that it isn't nearly as concrete as many people would like to believe.
[QUOTE=sgman91;21225690]The problem with evolution is that it isn't real science. You can't prove it with the scientific method. Every part of the theory is just a guess based on very scattered and inconsistent "evidence." There are already tons of examples that scientists touted as reasons to accept the theory that have been proven wrong. [/QUOTE] lol Go to Talkorgins.org, read the FAQs, read the Index to Creationist Claims, and learn.
Because evolution is stupid.
There will be a 0.0000000001% chance of me learning Evoloution as I go to a Catholic School (I am Atheist I should have that right to learn it.)
General Science barely touches evolution; you need to take Biology to have more in depth discussion. I was doing evolution for the entire first week I was in Biology, until I switched into Physics.
[QUOTE=sgman91;21225690]The problem with evolution is that it isn't real science. You can't prove it with the scientific method. Every part of the theory is just a guess based on very scattered and inconsistent "evidence." There are already tons of examples that scientists touted as reasons to accept the theory that have been proven wrong. Examples: - Homologous structures: Just because things look/work the same way means absolutely nothing. Octopuses and Humans have similar eye structures, but yet they aren't homologous. Birds and Bats both have wings, and yet they aren't homologous. So obviously "homologous" structures are far from conclusive for any ancestor connection what so ever. - Embryonic development: Examples are all over the natural world. Two animals will have "homologous" structures, but they will develop from completely different parts of the embryo... going against the very idea of homologous structures. - Slow, constant mutation: The Cambrian Explosion is the surface of most complex forms in the "blink of an eye" in evolutionary terms instead of the slow change that evolution teaches. - Fossil record: The fossil record we have today would be like finding the letters 'B' 'E' and 'Z' while making the rest up based on semi-educated guesses. Its shockingly incomplete. Where are all the intermediate forms? - etc, etc, etc. There are also some other huge holes with the theory as it stands today: - Natural Selection by definition decreases genetic information. That means that every single piece of DNA that exists today that wasn't in the original DNA strand had to be created by random frame shift mutations. (the only kind that increase the actual amount of DNA) These ransom mutations had to fight against the very nature of the natural world, entropy, in order to INCREASE complexity. My point in all this isn't to say evolution isn't true, but that it isn't nearly as concrete as many people would like to believe.[/QUOTE] All of what you've just said is wrong. Really.
[QUOTE=sgman91;21225690]The problem with evolution is that it isn't real science. You can't prove it with the scientific method. Every part of the theory is just a guess based on very scattered and inconsistent "evidence." There are already tons of examples that scientists touted as reasons to accept the theory that have been proven wrong. Examples: - Homologous structures: Just because things look/work the same way means absolutely nothing. Octopuses and Humans have similar eye structures, but yet they aren't homologous. Birds and Bats both have wings, and yet they aren't homologous. So obviously "homologous" structures are far from conclusive for any ancestor connection what so ever. - Embryonic development: Examples are all over the natural world. Two animals will have "homologous" structures, but they will develop from completely different parts of the embryo... going against the very idea of homologous structures. - Slow, constant mutation: The Cambrian Explosion is the surface of most complex forms in the "blink of an eye" in evolutionary terms instead of the slow change that evolution teaches. - Fossil record: The fossil record we have today would be like finding the letters 'B' 'E' and 'Z' while making the rest up based on semi-educated guesses. Its shockingly incomplete. Where are all the intermediate forms? - etc, etc, etc. There are also some other huge holes with the theory as it stands today: - Natural Selection by definition decreases genetic information. That means that every single piece of DNA that exists today that wasn't in the original DNA strand had to be created by random frame shift mutations. (the only kind that increase the actual amount of DNA) These ransom mutations had to fight against the very nature of the natural world, entropy, in order to INCREASE complexity. My point in all this isn't to say evolution isn't true, but that it isn't nearly as concrete as many people would like to believe.[/QUOTE]I was tempted to actually go through your post and show you exactly where you're wrong, but it would do nothing. My suggestion is to go to TalkOrigins.org, research ALL of that stuff (it's all on there), and then come back. Also, you don't understand the laws of thermodynamics, so don't try to bring that tired old argument in.
Because it might skew your religious belifs and schools can't do that anymore.
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