Science Deniers

While the rest of the world sends it's kids to college to learn mathematics and science this country is allowing science deniers to block progress on climate change and keeping their kids safe by not allowing them to be vaccinated for measles, mumps or any other of the dreaded diseased of the past. (Maybe not the past; if enough kids are allowed to roam free without vaccination we will have larger outbreaks than are already occurring in the Socialist Republic of California.

 

Ok. Also you missed a bracket and it really bugs me.

 

It sucks when people start off saying "this country" but you have to look at their location or some context within the post to know which country is being referred to.

 

Not only did the OP forget the close bracket, but what would have been in brackets is following a period, it's its own statement and doesn't need brackets.

^could be like that too, just make sure you don't forget about one

 

I'm amazed at the number of frustrated English teachers on this forum.

 

I'm amazed at how naive' and ill informed this thread/OP is.

 

I'm not all OCD about the missing bracket, but I am offended that you've falsely attached these ignorances to socialism.

 

I lost my shit about the bracket. Like no way.

 

{[( We have some other threads on this. )]}

 

Don't be such a Fuddy Duddy Mc Fuddy.

(We only have to turn our eyes fractionally to the left of the post to see he's in Florida. Not entirely sure where Metropolis is, though: so I can see you would need to explain where YOUR "this country" is, but I think most of us here have a pretty clear notion that Florida is a province of Canada

 

i still can't get over the fact that the OP didn't edit it, its still missing a ")"

 

People who deny science don't really bug me. They have a right to deny evidence based fact in America.

It's when those people get mad at me for preferring a subscription to science and reason, that I have problems. I'm free to do my thing. They're free to do theirs.

 

Science is an awfully broad term. Nobody actually denies all science. And yes, that's a fact

 

In more than just fact, in the actuality of what the magic of life and God's creation can do, Science is everything to do for the possible to Do. Let it be :scholar:

 

Frustrated English teachers me gone! Florida is the backwater of modern education. I'm sure glad that I got an education in a New England State).
{The closed bracket is for those who want to insert it wherever they choose on their bodies. They will always have a spare when they need it.}

 

i have come to the habit of typing the brackets in before i fill them {
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helps you not forget to add the close later

 

i think "science deniers" are a big problem here in the US; people who deny evolution, who deny global warming, who deny sex education in favor of abstinence only, especially in the name of religion. religion is a personal choice, keep it personal. it's really unfortunate that people let these harmful superstitions become contagious.

 

They have a deep fear that the moral fabric of society will unravel.
When I look at things like twerking and dubstep, I can't say they are entirely without argument.

 

for anyone who doubts the validity of evolution (and its still a theory, but one with quite a bit of good evidence; also currently the best theory we have) i would like to read about the domestication of plants.

for example corn: the ancestors of corn produced an ear (the things with the corn) that was very small compared to the corn plants that we plant as crops today. this is because this plant was domesticated at the dawn of agriculture, and continues to be selectively bred. this is artificial selection (in contrast to natural selection), the plants that produce the biggest fruits, have the best yield, and are easier to grow/more resilient stronger plants are selected, and the seed from these plants is used to grow the next crop. the process repeats, with the best plants selected, and the seed from those plants used. what we have now is plants that are genetically different from the ancestor plants and aren't found growing wild, and might not even be suitable to survive in the wild. so this is a form of evolution .. eventually you end up with plants that are genetically different because of selection.

domestication of animals is similar.

 

If you really are interested in the ancestry of corn I recommend the January 1, 1980 article in Scientific American

“The progenitor of modern corn is probably the wild grass known as teosinte. The hypothesis has been disputed, but it is supported by evidence from plant breeding, archaeology and folklore.”


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