Reply #1: Man, I agree so much. [View All]

[Evoman]

I teach biology non-majors about evolution in university (in Canada). They know literally nothing about evolution. I rememeber I had a pretty good introduction into it, but it just isn't enough. I don't get why we have to spend so much time studying phylums and classes and kingdoms, but don't actually talk about Evolution which now glues the whole Taxonomic Schema together in the first place. What is the point?!

Even one or two lectures on evolution, along with the proper lab excercises, can make a HUGE difference. I have had creationists confront me after, and during class, and I give them the freedom to thoroughly grill me. I had one girl who didn't believe in the theory at all...by the end of the class, she was asking me to recommend some literature, because she had read only anti-evolution books and she wanted to learn more about the debate. Especially after I admitted to her that I read both sides, and that I had read Philip Johnson's Darwin on Trial and that I wasn't some sort of cold, one-sided scientist.

People can learn...we just have to be willing to teach them.