America, you're stupid.

Check out these polling numbers.




Is it really possible that over half of Americans don't believe in a widely accepted scientific principle?


Do they also believe that the Earth is Flat and the sun and stars revolve around us? What about gravity?




As a former member of the Discovery INstitute puts it, ID is “..an elaborate, clever marketing program...” and that “It's pseudo-science... it's laughable.”


It's no wonder that America can't keep up with science advances by India, Korea, and China. If there's something on TV, it must be true.


Formerly, I felt that teaching ID wouldn't be that big a harm; after all, teachers could teach that there's no scientific basis AT ALL for the idea, and thus teach what the real scientific method is all about.


But after reading these numbers, I have to conclude that the children of these people may be too stupid to be able to make the differentiation; merely presenting the issue is admitting defeat.


As Dr. Davidson says in the above article, this isn't about science, this isn't even about evolution or truth. This is about tearing down evolution for religious reasons; for creating (even more) suspicion and doubt about scientific concerns, about creating just another inroad, another breach of the public wall for fundamentalist religion.


And America, apparently you're stupid enough to fall for it.

[Edit] It's even worse than I thought. The New York Times has fallen for it.

Is there any hope for America? apparently the only expertise we will have left is military technology, and the ability to export it by selling, as well as using it; and the ability to completely compromise human analytical capability through lies and marketing.