Texas winning the war against thinking. Flintstones become documentry

Yep, Good ole Texas.

I want you lot to consider this.

Nearly a third of Texans believe humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time, and more than half disagree with the theory that humans developed from earlier species of animals, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

Of this number, 30% believe dinos and man walked together, another 30% dont know...thats 60% of the people polled ...

only 40% believe in verifiable science over weird and blind erm...fairy tales I guess.

I think they also should have asked them if they believe in the theory of gravity or if the reason we stick to the ground is from angels pushing us down...

Heres the SOURCE

I am now in support of their seceding desires...

-edit: evolved the spelling

[edit on 22-2-2010 by SaturnFX]

PROTIP: When attempting to make an individual or group of individuals look less intelligent than oneself, refrain from misspelling words like "fairy tale" and "flintstone" (especially in your thread title!).

Originally posted by diccolo
PROTIP: When attempting to make an individual or group of individuals look less intelligent than oneself, refrain from misspelling words like "fairy tale" and "flintstone" (especially in your thread title!).

Ahh, quick typing of the flintstones...my bad.

my poor spelling aside, do you have an opinion, or are you simply trying to make yourself feel clever by noting a spelling error?

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Yes, there is only one rule when bashing someone's intelligence. Use spell check.

But good laugh, us Texans just ain't as smart are we?

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only 40% believe in verifiable science over weird and blind erm...fairy tails I guess.

Oh my, what ever will we do with those silly Texans? As long and as hard as I've tried to tell them that what I believe is true they just will not listen to me. I mean you and and I both know that we are right and they just don't get it yet. Oh well, I have a sand packing contest to attend.

Originally posted by jackflap
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only 40% believe in verifiable science over weird and blind erm...fairy tails I guess.

Oh my, what ever will we do with those silly Texans? As long and as hard as I've tried to tell them that what I believe is true they just will not listen to me. I mean you and and I both know that we are right and they just don't get it yet. Oh well, I have a sand packing contest to attend.

Yes, verifiable evidence, centuries of science, and the consensus of every scientist on earth not with the word "para" in front of it is just a belief equal to a many thousand year old book about a space ghost whom coincidently liked the smell of burned offerings. I can see how they are on the same level.

Texans...heh...funny little people.

Originally posted by SaturnFX

only 40% believe in verifiable science over weird and blind erm...fairy tales I guess.

yeah I remember when science verified that smoking was healthy, let's be sure to trust those guys again.

[edit on 22-2-2010 by EndOfTheWorld7]

Come on that was a good little tastefull jab.
I don't think that anyone understands when and where man existed well enough to be so sure of any statement about it. In the last 10 years alone the existance of man has gone back another 100,000 years beyond what was accepted.

Originally posted by SaturnFX

Originally posted by diccolo
PROTIP: When attempting to make an individual or group of individuals look less intelligent than oneself, refrain from misspelling words like "fairy tale" and "flintstone" (especially in your thread title!).

Ahh, quick typing of the flintstones...my bad.

my poor spelling aside, do you have an opinion, or are you simply trying to make yourself feel clever by noting a spelling error?

His opinion was that you've got no room to talk when you can't spell words.

Generalizing is a no no.

Wow.


Spelling jokes aside, (surely we can bring ourselves above attacking the messenger, ATS?) those are some scary figures. Of course, who knows how they came to them. Polls are never to be trusted.

I don't like to generalize. I know a number of very intelligent people from Texas, people who would laugh at somebody arrogant enough to believe humans and dinosaurs walked the earth at the same time.

However, it's no secret that towards the middle of the country (particularly the south) the people tend to be.. less intellectual and more fundamental. (Is that a nice enough way of putting it?)

I wish people could get over the whole 'creationism vs. evolution' debate, start to accept verified science, and maybe think outside the box a little with regards to their religious beliefs.

Evolution and creation are not mutually exclusive ideas, people! (And no, people most certainly did not walk amongst the dinosaurs, unless you count birds.)

[edit on 22-2-2010 by drwizardphd]

Here's an idea why:
www.bible.ca...
and:
Paluxy Tracks

I'm honestly not sure what the point of this thread is. Are you trying to portray Texas in a negative light, or are you caught up in a holier-than-thou mindset?

We all know you're going to find bright and not-so-bright individuals anywhere you go. I'm sure we could find equally alarming numbers about America as a whole.

I guess my real problem is that it seems you assume too much. Whereas science appears to offer the most plausible explanations, that doesn't mean it portrays objective fact across the board. Yes, the people who don't question things in life (such as many fundamentalists) can be very frustrating. But equally frustrating are those "educated" people who claim to be right, when the truth is that we really don't know. It's very hypocritical in my opinion.

One viewpoint may be more rational than the next, but you still have to allow for various uncertainties. I think Socrates would claim you lack wisdom.

Edit to add: I've seen you post a lot of good threads on ATS, so don't think I'm totally against you. I just think things like this only further divide people, which is what we should be working against.

[edit on 22-2-2010 by killuminati2012]

Originally posted by drwizardphd
(And no, people most certainly did not walk amongst the dinosaurs, unless you count birds.)

Wrong, unless you have some knowledge of Radio metric dating and Biostratigraphy which is entirely worked on assuming Evolution happened in the first place, then your pretty much eating whatever bullcrap the Illuminati is spoon feeding you.

Oh god....

de-evolution of the human mind....

saturnfx....um, dude...you need to read more, yezz get out more, be more aware of the possibilities man. are you not very tall? i want you to start thinking like a big person, yezz

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Reminds me when I was watching programs about Evolution that my Mother will always keep telling me we did not come from Apes. It's like Jesus! Mom! let me watch the show please!

If I found an idea like "man and dino walked the Earth together" so ridiculous, I wouldn't be on a website that promotes the discussion of ideas that contradict mainstream beliefs.

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People are dumb everywhere, not just Texas. Check this out, most Americans don't even know who their Vice President is, let alone dino history.

Some of us Texans may have been to or heard of weird tracks at Glen Rose Dinosaur Valley State Park , that could be influencing them a bit.



[edit on 22-2-2010 by Signals]

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Now that's what I call funny!!!

Yup, Texans and us po' lil' iggnant southerners that believe in God and Jesus and all that Bible stuff...why, what evuh will we do, yall?

Seriously, next thing ya' know, we'll have a President that visits 57 states, a US Senator that thinks African-Americans speak with a "negro dialect" and only when they want to. Or maybe someday, we'll have intellectuals and elitists using psuedo-science and a "consensus" to try and fool the world that 5ft of snow = global warming.

Now, us po' lil' fundemenlists ain't as smart as some o' youins, but... we know when someone is pissing down our back, and trying to tell us it's raining. And we know a scam to overtax us, and we know a socialist when we see one, we know shinny boots don't mean you can ride a horse, and we know when a President has his head up his rear so far that he can see the backside of his smile. Out here and down here, a degree don't count for horse stuff if you don't have the commen sense of a horse... when the stuff finally hits the fan, you want a cowhand that can shoot and hunt and fish and do anything with nothing? Or do you want a Harvard educated community organizer that is "clean and articulant?"