April 29, 2011
jccarter1:

stfubelievers:

“Scientists preach?”
I was just listening to some scientists discuss how they might need to stop calling things theories to the general public because they obviously don’t understand what that means within science. Case in point.
(Thanks anonymous)

I don’t even know where to begin. If I saw this in my news feed, I would go off!

Go off and then hopefully unfriend.

jccarter1:

stfubelievers:

“Scientists preach?”

I was just listening to some scientists discuss how they might need to stop calling things theories to the general public because they obviously don’t understand what that means within science. Case in point.

(Thanks anonymous)

I don’t even know where to begin. If I saw this in my news feed, I would go off!

Go off and then hopefully unfriend.

  1. revolutionary-girl-cassandra reblogged this from lipsredasroses and added:
    Everyone gets this wrong. We have common ancestors with apes, monkeys.etc. Alot of people don’t know alot about the...
  2. schala reblogged this from stfubelievers and added:
    UGHHHHHHHHHH I HATE IGNORANT ASSHOLES
  3. whatwhatwotter reblogged this from mssswitch and added:
    Aargh, I am friends with people who think like this. Aargh.
  4. forumgamer reblogged this from lipsredasroses and added:
    ALSO, scientists don’t claim that humans evolved from monkeys, not even that they evolved from apes (difference there…),...
  5. lioncalledparsley reblogged this from lipsredasroses and added:
    Not to mention, we didn’t fucking evolve from our modern day monkeys. We share a common ancestor, it’s different.
  6. wrong-words reblogged this from socialuprooting and added:
    A scientific theory is not the same as the common-day use of theory. Dumb ass. One of my biggest pet peeves when it...
  7. divineirony reblogged this from skunkitty and added:
    So cliché that I thought these might be satirical. No matter how much idiocy I encounter, this kind of pure willful and...
  8. macguffin reblogged this from lipsredasroses and added:
    Gravity is a theory! Maybe the scientists are wrong about that one, too. Maybe it’s really God’s hand pushing stuff back...
  9. lonelyvagabond reblogged this from amodernmanifesto
  10. amodernmanifesto reblogged this from socialuprooting
  11. lord-kitschener reblogged this from lipsredasroses and added:
    Stop it. You’re making Science cry.
  12. frankmunstah reblogged this from socialuprooting and added:
    There are different species of ape and monkeys. We may evolved from an ape species.. but we still don’t actually know...
  13. socialuprooting reblogged this from lipsredasroses
  14. lipsredasroses reblogged this from stfubelievers and added:
    Scientist really need to just drop the ‘theory’ from theories while they talk to the general public. If they just...
  15. wlocreatvprmsion reblogged this from acylates
  16. supercuddlypuppies reblogged this from sunshineuncertaintyprinciple and added:
    I first read the second question as “if man evolved from mankeys, why are there still mankeys?” to which I wanted to...
  17. hodgepodge-ofablog reblogged this from acylates and added:
    People like this (in the photo) make me want to go ~*rage*~
  18. inlikewithlife reblogged this from stfubelievers and added:
    Blissful ignorance.
  19. sleepymctired reblogged this from stfubelievers
  20. squ33ble reblogged this from sunshineuncertaintyprinciple and added:
    Wow, this is just…sad. Commentary win!
  21. danielfjo said: if people originated in africa, why are there still africans
  22. treatyoselfartie reblogged this from gematriya
  23. whenitstrikesme reblogged this from jccarter1 and added:
    Go off and then hopefully unfriend.
  24. blackwind said: i fucking hate dumb people…
  25. sidfromabove1975 reblogged this from stfubelievers and added:
    My questions for the idiots posting ignorant shit on Facebook: “Do you read?” “Did you pay attention in grade-school...
  26. gematriya reblogged this from mssswitch and added:
    As much as I hate the idea of science caving to the ignorant, that…could be a good idea. :||||
  27. jccarter1 reblogged this from stfubelievers and added:
    I don’t even know where to begin. If I saw this in my news feed, I would go off!
  28. mssswitch reblogged this from stfubelievers and added:
    THESE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED MANY TIMES SHUT UP
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