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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I don't really know much about the whole scientific debate. From what I've heard, there is a lot more science that supports the evolution theory, but I've heard there are plenty of holes in that theory too. I think a lot of the stuff that they were teaching has turned out to be totally false. Didn't they used to claim that we evolved from monkeys? Now they know that humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans are more closely related to modern apes than to monkeys, but we didn't evolve from apes, either.
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No evolutionary scientist has ever claimed humans descended from monkeys. Darwin himself never claimed that and he's the one of the pioneers of the theory of evolution.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...9/darwin.myths
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Anyway, I don't know exactly what the science is now claiming. But as I said in the last paragraph, I think a lot of the evolutionary theories we were taught as kids have turned out to be false. So if there are hugs gaps in the evolution argument, is it reasonable to teach an alternative approach, in addition to evolution? I'm not sure. I'd have to hear the latest scientific arguments from both sides.
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No, in fact, what I was taught as a kid about evolutionary theory continues to be supported by what is being added to that body of knowledge today.
Evolutionary theory is the one theory explaining our planet's vast biodiversity that has stood up to, and continues to stand up to, rigorous scientific testing and exploration. If another theory comes along that stands up to the same level of testing for 150 years, I'm sure it will be taught in future schools. At present, no such alternative explanation has stood up to the scrutiny the theory of evolution has.
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Here is an article that says that everything we've been taught about evolution is wrong. This is not a partisan article either. So if everything we're being taught is wrong, should we just continue to teach that and exclude alternatives?
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...on-genes-wrong
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I read the entire article. I'm not sure you did, Rupert, as that is not AT ALL what that article is saying. At all.