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December 6, 2005
Punt!
My intent with this site is to reach out to readers who might not normally read political blogs or political analysis of any sort. I want to provide a fun, interesting approach to political discussion and stress the importance of involvement in one's community, state and country. Today I find myself discouraged, not because of readership on my site or anything like that, but rather the state of the human mind, or maybe the American mind, but I doubt it is restricted to Americans. Nicholas Kristof writes in today's NY Times:
The best argument against "intelligent design" has always been humanity itself. At a time when only 40 percent of Americans believe in evolution, and only 13 percent know what a molecule is, we're an argument at best for "mediocre design."...
One-fifth of Americans still believe that the Sun goes around the Earth, instead of the other way around. And only about half know that humans did not live at the same time as dinosaurs.
His article speaks about our lack of knowledge regarding math and science. I am worried about the intelligence level in general. These sort of statistics make me wonder what is the point of trying to explain the intricacies of politics if so many people don't even know what a molecule is. Thirteen percent.....unbelieveable, and scary. It makes me think the worst of our country's citizens. And when you read such things you understand why our leaders treat us so contemptuously.
Posted by Chip Spear at December 6, 2005 12:27 PM
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