It is, I think, fitting that I inaugurate my blog with a tribute to Charles Darwin on this the anniversary of his 200th birthday. Unfortunately, I have to comment on a recent Gallup Poll that shows that "only 39% of Americans say they 'believe in the theory of evolution,' while a quarter say they do not believe in the theory, and another 36% don't have an opinion either way. These attitudes are strongly related to education and, to an even greater degree, religiosity."
So, we Americans are getting stupider than we were, which is no small accomplishment. But I don't blame the stupid people who don't believe in evolution, or even know what the hell it is, much less the primary mechanism by which it has proceeded -- natural selection. No, I blame an educational system that rather than
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