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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (743579)	10/3/2013 12:13:28 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1575535

Dawkins on Capitol Hill: ‘Ignoramus’ Christian creationists are holding America back By David Ferguson rawstory.com Thursday, October 3, 2013 10:45 EDT Secularists and skeptics Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker appeared on Capitol Hill on Monday to argue on behalf of support for science in the U.S. and a cultural move away from religious myths. The two men appeared on behalf of the Secular Coalition for America. A reporter asked Dawkins about the fact that more than 40 percent of Americans believe the Christian creation myth, that God created the world in seven days. “This country is, without a doubt, the leading scientific nation in the world, beyond the shadow of a doubt,” Dawkins replied. “I can’t help wondering how much more advanced this country would be if you were not held back by this astonishing burden of 40 percent of the people who literally think the world, the universe is less than 10,000 years old.” “I mean,” he said, “that is a staggering piece of ignorance. It’s a scandal.” Believing that the world is less than 10,000 years old, Dawkins said, “is not a small error. It’s a gigantic, ridiculous error.” The problem, he said, is based in part on the fact that school boards are elected in local elections, and that “in particular districts, it may be that the electors are electing ignoramuses.” Watch the video, embedded below via YouTube: rawstory.com

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (743579)	10/3/2013 6:21:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575535

Of course its in part due to liberalism. Hi tech doesn't do well in wingerland. You still have the impression that conservatives are nothing more than backwards, uneducated hicks. They aren't? Damn, have you not been watching what Rs are doing in Congress? Those hicks are your peers. By the way, Steve Jobs was a liberal, but the way he built up Apple and defended its business practices, you would think that he was a Koch brother. No one on the liberal side is as despicable as the Koch brothers. That's the way it is in high tech land. The "reality distortion field" that Steve Jobs is famous for is alive and well here. It helps foster creativity and attract venture capital, but in the end it's all just profiteering. Apparently you don't understand how the Koch bros deal. You need to do some research.