complete intellectual ineptitude. my college has a good reputation... and i see no reason for that reputation to exist. i am surrounded by trite idiots. there are some standouts, but there are always standouts no matter how shitty the shit. the general population is fucking retarded.
in a debate over the teaching of intelligent design some members of the class were swayed by the assertion that "all the information should be provided".
"all the information" ???
evolution is a theory that stems from an argument with premises that are testable. the theory is still being refined, but the basic body of information can withstand intense examination and answer questions using empirically ascertained data.
intelligent design stems from folk lore. what reason do we have to make the leap to believing that there is some sort of designer. i will grant that things are astoundingly complex, but that does not mean that the irreducible complexity argument has enough weight to point us in the direction of an intelligent designer. I will also grant that the big bang leads into a line of tricky questioning... but there is still no evidence in support of their being a designer, there is only evidence to support us asking more questions about the things that a well established theory has not addressed.
if one were to allow intelligent design into education because "all the information" should be made available, then we have to allow every theory ever formulated that requires a leap to a conclusion without evidence that can remain viable after scientific scrutiny.
it is just as likely that an intangible turtle has been drifting through incommensurable space fueling the intangible engine that makes existence go.
Union College is a joke.
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