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The defense of why evolution is on the test was more than adequately
I don't post on this list often because it is quite likely that
responses will be condescending and unhelpful. Why end your post with
"Try it sometime"?
I asked a question which wasn't answered - "because it works so well"
didn't answer my question. And, while evolution seems like a simple
theory, the mechanism that leads to new species is anything but
simple. I struggle with many of the explanations that I hear. How did
amphibians become reptiles. A lot of changing has to happen.
We don't teach evolution because there is a mountain of evidence that
makes sense in terms of evolution and nothing else. We teach it
because it's on "the test". When it comes to what high school students
need to know to be successful in life, evolution isnot on of those
things that they absolutely must know. Understanding natural selection
will not make them better airplane mechanics or wall street analysts.
It might make them better biologists, but probably not better engineers.