[quote name='rabbitt']Liquid, I have to ask you a question. As a conservative (you are, aren't you?) who is well-educated in science, what value can you see in arguing against evolution? I'm debating with several people in the vs. forum who seem to think it's alright to elect someone who doesn't "believe" in evolution, but none of them have convinced me that this wouldn't affect their policies and seriously undermine scientific exploration.
I figure if somebody can make a coherent argument, it'd be you. The vs. forum is a cesspool of jackassery.[/QUOTE]
There's value in calling out holes in the theory, because that's how science works. There's dialogue (because no one person can solve every problem) and cold, hard fact to back things up.
That's not what you get when you run into people who are all about intelligent design or who don't believe in evolution on religious grounds. Those people are completely ignoring the evidence in front of them because they're nothing more than creationists in disguise. Intelligent design has no factual basis at all; it's a bunch of backward, ignorant people advocating bullshit.
So someone in office who doesn't believe in evolution, or who doesn't think that it's the best theory that we have (even if it is incomplete) is closing their eyes to the world. How can you trust someone like that in a position of power?
And I'm a libertarian. Conservative = liberal, these days. :/