• dumnezero@piefed.social
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    19 hours ago

    Tangential: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/louisiana-swamplands-mired-in-anti-evolutionism

    Do you think the scientific theory of evolution is well supported by evidence and widely accepted within the scientific community, or that it is not well supported by evidence and many scientists have serious doubts about it?

    40.3 % said evolution was not well supported by evidence; 20.9% did not know. Only 38.8% could respond accurately concerning the standing of evolution within the scientific arena.

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      18 hours ago

      As a high school biology teacher in Louisiana I really feel the pain of that survey. My district spends a lot of time on evolution, but it only goes so far with the kids if their parents are against it.