Should Evolution Be Taught in Schools? Worst Top 15 Miss USA Contestant Answers
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2011
- Evidence America is going to hell with ignorance and education is failing.
Feel free to vote on which contestant gave the worst answer! I picked 15 varied answers for this video, but I could had chose about 35. The most common answer was to teach different views and let the student decide or some variation, which is a crock of shit.
Only correct answer is Evolution is the only scientific theory that is taught in science classes. This was something I learned in high school biology and 1st year College Biology class.
I judged on content of answer, Miss Nevada didn't have a clue what she was answering, a clear winner. However, your criteria may differ. Special Sarah Palin award for creating a new word goes to Miss Hawaii.
Note: I disqualified Miss Arkansas for stupidity because she said they didn't even teach evolution in her high school. 
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So there is actually a debate in the Usa about evolution being taught in schools??way to go america..
I know, right? Oh my dog...
there's no "debate". There's idiots who think they can shove their bullshit religion down everyone's throat and the rest of us are saying, "Bugger off"
ceciliaFX I agree. I can't believe people shove the religion of evolution down people's throats.
whydoucare evolution is based entirely of facts and evidence. It, therefore is the exact opposite of religion - which is nothing but bullshit fairy tales.
ceciliaFX How did nothing create something?
Why is there something and not nothing?
It took billions of years for life to randomly form, why is the universe fine tuned for life?
Now remember all your answers must fit scientific testing. It must be testable, repeatable, and the result must come out the same. This is the scientific method. We'll start with these questions. There are much more.
The last one wasn't a bad answer...
+Barnaby Weatherall WHAT!!!!!!!!!!
+Sharon Newman why? Because she said she's a Catholic? This just comes across as more of a "Lol I don't like Christians" as opposed to highlighting peoples ignorance.
bloodmercs thank you, that's exactly what I was thinking
+Barnaby Weatherall it's still a bad answer because she endorses evolution BECAUSE her church endorses it, not because she's educated enough to know it's based on scientific evidence.
Odysseus that's not what she is saying. She is just justifying it by saying that catholicism agrees with evolution
this video is evidence that evolution absolutely MUST be taught in schools
A great YES, because science promotes critical thinking. I'm european and I can't fathom why USA are such a religious country.
@@mrburns2128 as someone who grew up in California. California is definitely not in most places. Im not surprised that many of the girls from the southern states were against it,which have the worst public schools in the nation :/
"we're smarter than ever these days" lol
Jocelyn Choo I died when she said that haha
The irony is too real....
😂😂😂
As a whole, people are more educated and knowledgeable than ever before, atleast for what we can see into the past. I’m sick of stereo types, that all these women are ditzy and dumb, when it’s just not true.
@@jeusvox2878 These women are definitely stupid - at least regarding science.
"Knowledge shouldn't be pushed on you in school" You heard it here folks, it's a wrap.
It shouldn't; you should be taught how to think not what to think.
Ok - Christianity teaches people that the Earth is 6,000 year old - yes - let’s ban Christianity
@@sopronunciareglignocchi7255 Luckily these people are critical of that evolutionism.
@@sopronunciareglignocchi7255you should be taught both
@@Dunger974
You should be taught all the different ways of thinking, in addition to critical thinking, then you should allow the students to work out the rest for themselves.
Also, why is it that kids are allowed to "make up their own minds" when it comes to evolution? We don't talk that way about anything else in school.
"Billy, what's 5 times 9?
"12."
"Wrong, the correct answer is 45."
"Hold on, teacher. You have to let me make up MY OWN mind on what 5 times 9 is. If I say 5 times 9 is 12, then it's 12. Give me my A+. My dad's a lawyer."
There are many different concepts or theories of evolution, not just natural selection, since these are all theories they would really be asked to make up their own mind.
Evolution however is very very different to mathematics, if you are religious believing in god then you may be insulted and feel constrained. In class we had a discussion where one side was for evolution and the other wasn't (horrible idea), the side believing in it basically said believing in a higher being is stupid and continued to bag out Christians and Muslims, see this is the main thing judges were looking at. Whether teaching this may lead to such things
Aurea Gallardo Sorry, but that's retarded. Kids should be taught facts. That's why it's called science. "Making up your own mind" has no relation to scientific method whatsoever.
divatashi "Evolution makes my feelings hurt, so it must not be real, just like cancer must not be real for the same reason."
And this is why christians are not taken seriously on matters of science.
Its called a typo. Anyone with a brain would have gotten that
is it okay for me to cringe?
+venom477 my forehead is red so you tell me
obviously it's a documentary about the planet of the apes. Wait, the statue of liberty? It's Earth! you blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!
Dear rest of the world,
Us Americans are truly sorry for our astonishing amount of ignorance.
Sincerely, Some Yankee.
TheAwkwardCantaloupe "We Americans" Else you're saying, Us are truly sorry.
TheAwkwardCantaloupe *We
TheAwkwardCantaloupe Dear rest of the world,
Us Americans are truly sorry for the dumb half of the country.
But your welcome for the Human Genome Project Motherfuckers.
Sincerely, some hick
SuperBigChug HGP was an international project, America were simply the pioneers, so I guess you're welcome too?
Omg... So embarrassing. Not all of us are like this. Please don't believe the myth. Lol
If it's wrong to teach evolution in schools because it's "just a theory" then it must also be wrong to teach the Theory of Gravity, the Germ Theory of Disease, the Heliocentric Theory, the Atomic Theory, et cetera. These are *EQUAL* in supporting evidence, acceptance, and ALL of them are derived from fact. Some also go along with _laws_ which are usually thought of as the highest level in science even though theories and facts are also substantially supported.
We teach _science_ in schools for *REASONS*
I agree. It's almost like asking them if division should be taught in schools. Well of course it should. Same with evolution.
While we are at it schools need to stop teaching history; Columbus discovered america, Washington was the first president. That shit has obviously been proven to be false.
But most of evolution is just a Theory, yes we see variations in it's kind but we have never seen one kind switch to another. That is theory and no matter how much evidence you can provide unless it is tested in a lab it is still theory.
@@jonldavis Scientific theory has a different definition and purpose than the casual way people say 'in theory' in conversation.
Scientific theory is a collection of tested and proven facts. Look up a few of the other ones I mentioned. Do you believe 'the earth revolves around the sun' is fact? Do you believe 'microorganisms cause disease' is fact? What about gravity?
@@jonldavis Also, here is one example of a species evolving that was closely documented. Most domestic species were.
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This is like asking should math be taught in school
2:32 "Evolution should be mentioned", what does that mean? On the last day of school, "alright bye everyone, have a great summer, by the way, evolution is also a thing, kay bye"
Lol😂😂😂😂
Well done Luke, son...Comment of the day...Lol...
Underrated comment...
These aren't that bad. They're not stupid arguments.
Totally agree
Britanny Lichel How in the hell are they not stupid arguments? Most of them think evolution is "just a theory" and some of them believe in fairy tales about creationism. I think it's stupid to fill the minds of children with such nonsense.
R20set I'm not saying that I'm agreeing with them but I thought that they would be saying actual retarded things but they were just voicing their opinion on evolution.
R20set
They are trying to answer these questions to win a beauty pageant. Which means they have to be politically correct and look confident in what they are saying.
They aren't at a job interview.
+Britanny Lichel What most of them said is actually retarded, but hey, what do you expect from a miss USA contest.
The answer you're looking for is "yes, evolution should be taught in schools because it is a scientific fact."
The end.
God bless 'merica.
How embarrassing.
scientific fact??????????? !!!!!!!!!!! lol not all the scientists agree with this theory ...idiot... try to google whats wrong with the evolution theory then you won't make a stupid comment like this.
Evolution is accepted as scientific fact, just because all scientists do not agree with it means nothing.
Thanks for the name calling though, it added to your excellent reply.
A scientific theory is a hypothesis which has withstood rigorous testing and is well-supported by the facts. There is overwhelming evidence for biological evolution, just as there is overwhelming evidence for gravity.
According to Newsweek magazine, 99.85% of American earth and life scientists accept biological evolution as a fact. Gallup polls also show that 95% of all scientists accept evolution, though it should be noted that this figure includes scientists who study in unrelated fields, like Computer Science, Engineering, etc. The vast majority of scientists accept evolution as fact.
yeowart *****
Why is it a FACT (according to you) if some scientists believe it is..but NOTHING (according to you) if some scientists don't agree with it ?? that's what you say, am I correct?
90% of Americans also believed that Iraq had WMD what turned out to be lies. All lies, yet you guys believed it ;) ...
Evolution theory is something you BELIEVE it's a fact ... that means you believe in something because that makes more sense to you than any other religion, right ? So you believe in evolution theory, like someone else believe in Christianity or Islam for example and based on what you said you are a STRONG believer.
A scientific method is based on: The collection of data through observation and experimentation. This means that in order something to be seen as a scientific fact it MUST be observable. you agree so far?
But if you BELIEVE in evolution theory then you should also know that sir Charles Darwin is talking about generations to millions of years of evolution (The Origin of species)...uhhh but wait... IT's NOT OBSERVABLE..ah!...therefore it can't be 100% a FACT and not even a SCIENTIFIC FACT!! ;) .. you would probably say we can trace the evolution by fossil records.. from thousands of years a ago? but again IT IS NOT OBSERVABLE. This is what Richard Dawkins said:
"we are condemned to live for only a few decades and that's too slow, too small a time scale to see evolution going on"
so if you don't accept a believe (some religion, no observable facts) how can you accept to believe in something that is not 100% a scientific fact (Evolution theory, no observable facts) ???!!!
There is no experimentation or observable data of change of KINDS...NEVER.. there is no solid proof of change of apes to humans (different kinds)...if you find ANY observable change of kinds let me know..then I will say I AM AN IDIOT... but I already know you won't find anything, zero, nada...you can't come with data like birds evolving to another birds or dogs evolving to another dogs...that's NOT change of KINDS but ADAPTASION to it's surroundings.
damnnn I cant believe I'm writing a book for this dude....lol I wonder if someone gonna read this lol...but now you guys know a little bit of the very very long story and yeah sorry for my English.
You can have your own beliefs, but you cannot have your own facts. Words mean things. Earth goes round the sun - scientific fact. Evolution - scientific fact.
***** so basically you agree that evolution theory is not a fact..but this dude yeowart is still not admitting lol
This is like saying, "Should physics be taught in schools?"
physics does not change. gravity is gravity. hot air rises. However evolution changes every day. pilt down today no piltdown tomorrow. big bang yesterday the big expansion today. Zero Comparison !!!!!
Nah. Unnecessary...
@@TKO67 You my friend are dumb. Evolution is a well proven fact with a massive amount of evidence.
@@TKO67 The theories of physics you learn in school are literally more contested than the theories of evolution. A lot of what we learn in school about physics is literally wrong but we learn it because it's easier than understanding the true way things work, which we're not really sure of even now.
@@TKO67
Piltdown man was never accepted by science and in the end it was refuted by science, not some religious fundamentalists.
"I think facts not theory's should be taught."
Lmao.
Evolution is not a religion or belief! This is why everyone thinks Americans are all idiots.
On the plus side, Alaska was gorgeous.
+tforeignguy l true. But it's still upsetting, or rather annoying, when you're in a debate or discussion and the country you live in becomes a symbol of your intellectual level. "You're from the USA, what do you know. Y'all are all idiots." Obviously it's not true, but if watch street IQ questions or even Watters world where he is asking university students elementary questions, you can kind of see where they're coming from. I guess I'm just cocky and wish we were looked at for our intelligence rather than our movie stars and music.
+tforeignguy l If 40% believes in the story of Genesis... Am I still allowed to say that Americans are more stupid than Europeans?
+George Rosager Yes as an American i give you permission. Genesis shaming should be a thing.
Logical godz You would be called a nuthead anywhere in my country for believing in that... yet many communities in USA actually believe in it... I did not know US had such a problem ;-;
George Rosager
You know its a problem when they ask anyone that's running for position in government "what are your thoughts on evolution" that's the stupidest shit i ever heard. Why would that even be a question, asking a question of opinion about a fact? -_-
OK, let's just move on to the swimsuit modeling....
Look but don't touch Nicole Mikloiche..;-0)
What's Interesting is, they think: Views, Opinions, Hypothesis, Theories and Facts... are all equal constructs and they do not know the difference between them.
I think it's important to start teaching epistemology in schools, not just as a part of philosophy course at university.
How can one really have an effective democracy if people are unable to determine the likelihood of something being true?
They're not. A theory is a hypothesis that has been put through the rigours of the scientific method and peer review and come out unscathed. A theory consists of numerous supporting facts.
your missing the point. It is about where did we come from? There are different views. It is up to the individual to believe what they want. This is not china or russia This is the America. Freedom to choose
Forget theory of evolution - simply teaching what a SCIENTIFIC THEORY is would be a great first step. I'm 30 and still encounter people who have problems understanding the term.
I am 26 and I haven't met many people who were aware of difference between terms "theory" as used in common language and "scientific theory".
Thumbs up to you. There is a word that helps explain why Americans are falling behind is the science fields. Religion
I'm in my last year of undergrad studying BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE and the school first explained the scientific theory LAST YEAR. That's 14 years of education before it was explained to the class. I understood before hand but many people would not, especially if they did not go further than the required grade 10 in science.
Alec B That may be true and I have no doubt many, many others learned late in their education if at all the differences in their meanings. I would like to suggest that those who use the word in defense or support for their thinking realize the difference. I have not heavily criticized the misuse of the term because I too learned late in life the actual difference. Thank you for posting your timeline learning event. It may help allow more civil discussion. If several people read your reply then they too could understand that misuse of the word is often not from the lack of intelligence, but merely a lack of exposure to the difference in it's meaning.
Alec B That's pretty bad. At University of Michigan, in the first day of the first class of undergrad biology, there were about three slides devoted to the differences between theories of common dialect and theories of science. That's all it takes is a slide or two, so long as the people in the class take that important foundation with them.
I admire the fact that the model from Alaska doesn't believe in evolution herself but respects the rest of us's right to teach it.
Luckily most of these people will never know how dense they are...
That one was certainly peculiar.
felt sorry for Miss Hawaii at 3:15. She is clearly trying to answer the question as safely as possible without offending the religious viewers, but not saying anything too stupid by her own standards...
she did a good job
I can't believe people still deny evolution.
I'm from Europe and I was very close to fainting when I saw this video. I was not aware that America is still on the cavemen stage. We do not have to invent the time travel machine to go back in history. It is enough to go to the USA.
wieslawl59 Evolution is a pretty simple concept (adapt or die) and the core principles were gone over when I was in school. We didn't learn about Creationism in school, though.
The only schools that are usually that backward are private schools that can basically make up their own curricula.
Also keep in mind you're talking about BEAUTY PAGEANT CONTESTANTS. You don't really think that's a representative sample of the US population, do you? Maybe you're the one stuck with primitive thinking.
To say the United States is "behind the times" is a pretty sophomoric assertion, as well. It's not a Third World country by any means.
encycl07pedia
They are people you choose to represent your state. Besides, they are not the only people from USA with such views. There are millions of comments of that type here on youtube.
It's because this country is so religious. Particularly the Southern region known as the Bible belt. It's insane.
wieslawl59 Obviously they aren't the only people with the same views. But to act like they're even elected officials is just a stupid assumption. These contestants are chosen by a very small group of judges to represent their state, and they're chosen to represent the most BEAUTIFUL people in the state, not the most educated or the most qualified to discuss/explain evolutionary theory or education reform.
encycl07pedia
Dude, being beautiful does not make you free from the obligation to think about important things and things which are important for society, and to educate yourself. Thinking about which nail polish is the best is not enough anymore. If the judges do not require at least minumum level of basic knowledge and showing some thinking activity, it tells also something about the society. Real beauty is supposed to come from inside. If the inside is empty, then there is no beauty in it.
My favorite was the woman that said there are so many different kinds of evolution.
The first thing they should teach US kids us the difference between a theory and a hypothesis....
Like Pokemons
I almost feel sorry for the contestants. If contestant would answer; -"Evolution should be taught in schools, as it is one of the most well substantiated scientific theories ever", I assume that this contestant would have little chance to win. Welcome to the land of the free!
Yeah. Absolutely. There were a couple of them who outright said it should be taught. I don't think either of them won.
I thought this was a joke. Wow, we're in bad shape. There only ONE answer and that's absolutely, positively yes. It's like asking if math be taught in school and getting answers other than of course.
***** Isn't that exciting? So many new things to discover, so much more to learn! This doesn't mean theory of evolution is wrong, only that details are not 100% clear yet. What it doesn't mean is that god did it, that's sure.
FidelisRaven Actually, the details are 100% clear. There's more to learn about it but evolution by natural selection is pretty darn clear. God isn't a theory and barely rises to the level of hypothesis.
The goal of the question is to see if she has diplomatic discourse with poise, that can convince, without offending people, at the international relations level.
It is useful and should be tested for.
Too bad men don't care.
The first few weren't bad, they were just considering how people have a choice bc of religion
1st one doesnt answer the question at all.
2nd one thinks theory means hypothesis.
3rd one thinks there are 'so many different views' about evolution.
4th one says she doesnt 'believe' in evolution, its nothing to believe in though, since its a fact.
5th one just says no, cause she doenst believe in it, like nr.4
If you want to convince dumb american people, this might work, but I myself couldnt help but facepalming while watching this video
It´s sad that we are at a point were not saing that evelution is wrong is good thing
Victor Selve can you write that again? not sure what you meant
That is a good thing because there's no reason to say that it's wrong and it's proven that it's true.
+Nito Raki it shouldn't be a good thing it should be normal just as not raping or not killing killing somebody shouldn't be a reason to go and say that that person did something good it should be the norm absolutely normal
This is hilarious! I love it. 'You should be knowledged about it...' lol
"we're smarter than ever these days" ..well this video just disproved that statement.
Watching this just made me realize something that I never really thought of before: What the fuck is the point of beauty pageants, anyway? More specifically, what is the point of the Q&A portion? Are these girls being interviewed for positions in government? No, so who cares about their opinions on anything? We let one former beauty pageant contestant try to become vice-president and she was a train wreck.
People watch beauty pageants to look at hot chicks. I don't know why people want to pretend that it's about anything more noble than that.
No, she just needed more "seasoning" they said. Ha ha.
I guess it’s just fun (yes I know your comment is 8yrs old)
We're doomed. We're fucking doomed.
I'm an atheist, so to be these answers seems shockingly ignorant as to what evolution really is. Apparently, they either believe it's an opinion of someone or "just a theory", without actually knowing what a scientific theory is. This is a clear failure of the educational system and answers the question perfectly. Should evolution be taught in school? Well, duh! A lot of people don't even know what evolution is, so of course it should be taught in schools. What puzzles me is why are these women asked any questions. This is a beauty contest. Their looks are what matters.
Bwahaha! Murica, a western country with a developing country mentality.
Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, they're a modern stone age family. From the town of Bedrock, they're a page right out of history.
zee339 God bless America
talk to redman
@Optimism Lamp Hat's off buddy. I get so sick of idiots I become incoherent. But I appreciate your acute remarks more than I can say.
It's pretty horrific but I think we can rest easy, Miss America contestants fortunately do not represent a healthy cross section of society! And it's not like a beauty contestant could end up running for Vice President or something...oh wait a minute
This is Miss USA not Miss America, they are very different programs and very different people participate in each. Miss USA, the girls in this video, are not judged on any speaking skills aside from the onstage questions. This pageant is generally for women who want to be models, actresses, and the like.
0gracefulgirl0 Let's be honest though, Miss America, Miss USA, Miss World, they are all pretty outdated, archaic, gaudy affairs, rooted in misogynism and pretty insulting to women in general.
Jamie Noel I would say there are aspects of all three that are misogynistic. I don't know much about the Miss USA or Miss World pageants, so I can't speak for them. But from a Miss America standpoint I can say that the pageant has changed dramatically since in first started in the 1920's. What most people don't know is that roughly 75% of your score is composed of the talent and interview portions. The most misogynistic portion, the swiw suit, is one of the smallest total areas and is getting slowly fazed out completely. Really people want to keep it in more out of nostalgia and tradition than actually liking it. Yes they are gaudy and sometimes outdated, but the woman who compete in them want to be gaudy as well as talented and intelligent, not just be praised for prancing around a stage.
The answer to this question is "Yes." That's it, nothing else, that's all that needs to be said. What's sad is that quite a few contestants said yes and still messed up the question in one way or another. The only girl I liked was the last one.
I don't know man. To me saying "I don't believe it because it goes against my faith", seems no worse to me than "I'm allowed to believe it because the pope said I could". Not one of them mentioned the word "evidence", which is really the only thing that matters.
Good point. In all honesty, I have the feeling that not one of these women truly understands evolution. But I'll give the last one the benefit of the doubt for at least noting that one Pope did actually accept evolution. She seems to be (at least socially) informed. It's something; not much, but something.
Tommo L
Not all evidences can be explained by science though. There are numerous phenomena that contemporary science have not developed enough to support. :)
Aurea Gallardo Of course that's true, and will always be the case, but evolution isn't some elusive, mysterious, unsolved phenomena, it's one of the most elucidated, useful, evidence based theories in use today. People shouldn't accept it simply because some authority figure told you it was compatible with your faith, they should look at the evidence themselves. That was my point.
i think they wouldn't have a chance of winning but yes is the right answer
I find it weird that you touch the subject. Here in Mexico, a third world country. Evolution is taught in schools. Religions in general do not have a say on what kids should be exposed to at school. Our education system is completely secular. People are religious, but all Politicians cannot say the word God, or talk about any religion at all. We think we should be practical. Funny that in the US, a country that has so many good universities where hard science is taught, cannot define what kids should learn at school. As I understand, in most of the countries of the world, Evolution is taught.
All of the people here who didn't even realize it's already taught.....
+7dayspking I read that some schools still don't have to teach it? Or that they can only teach it as a theory along with creationism? I don't know, I'm not from America. In fact, I went to Catholic school and we were taught both theories in RE and evolution in science lessons. But they didn't make you believe in creationism, in fact even religious people there said they believe God caused evolution and the Big Bang, and didn't take the Bible literally.
J I live in Australia and also went through the catholic school system.....I learned about Religion in RE/Mass/sometimes religious events in the hall. There were also several highly religious teachers who were very opinionated....but none that I've come across who are actually opposed to evolution...nor any that actually taught creationism.....
7dayspking Yeah, we were taught it as 'oh this is what the Bible says, here's what some Christians believe, what do you guys think?' It was like that for pretty much everything:abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage etc. Overall, pretty relaxed about stuff and we never had any religious teaching during science.
J Fair enough and similar experience here. Are you Australian?
7dayspking No, English.
I'm from Germany and all my friends dyed laughing when they heard evolution is not thaught in school. The actually think it's ridiculous that people think evolution doesn't exist.
*died
To be fair though, we get thaught bothe sides in Germany. Evolution in the science classes but we also have a subjects called religion, where they teach you about (well) religions.
to true
QuiteTheBadWulf Yes, I forgot that... But they say it's what the religion says, not that there's a single proof. In the end, nobody believes in the creation, but everybody trusts sciences, ergo the evolution.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME IT IS ACTUALLY NOT THOUGHT IN SCHOOLS?! XDDDD I thought this was just a question made so we could laugh at these girl, (it's an actually question? wow such amaze wow) LMFAO
Truly a sad moment for humanity.
Amanda Anguish Could you elaborate, I dont understand what you are trying to say???
Amanda Anguish I dont know that what you say is true, or relevant to this post, but ok.
Are you attempting to claim that this is the end, as in the rapture or something? Some revelations biblical thing?
What does this have to do with my post?
Amanda Anguish
OK, here is why people think religious people are retarded.
You come on MY post and make an extraordinary claim. Then you tell me to go find proof for YOUR assertion.
You post proof, I will look at it, determine if it is legitimate proof or not, and then we can go from there. If you have posted proof, please tag me in it. Since you post a bunch of magical fairy shit, I have you set to not see most of your shit.
That said: I believe the disaster I think you are referring to might be a bigger deal than we are being told, but at the moment there is probably not much that can be done and starting people panicking will not make the situation better.
We dumped way more radiation into the atmosphere with Chernobyl and all the thousands of above ground nuclear tests that went on for decades. The Earth has always fought back and always won against it.
Yes there will be long-lasting effects, Amanda Anguish but fear mongering will never go away.
And I know what I said is true because I won my church's Miss Piggy Pageant in 1978.
Evolution is not just a theory.
Evolution is a fact.
Evolution IS a theory, the issue comes when the person saying that doesn't realize that a "scientific theory" is also FACT
Scienceitworks
I don't want to argue about semantics. You are right, and I believe it is more important to stress that Evolution is a FACT.
"Nearly all biologists acknowledge that evolution is a fact. The term theory is no longer appropriate except when referring to the various models that attempt to explain how life evolves... it is important to understand that the current questions about how life evolves in no way implies any disagreement over the fact of evolution." Neil Campbell.
"It is time for students of the evolutionary process, especially those who have been misquoted and used by the creationists, to state clearly that evolution is a fact, not theory." RC Lewontin.
Cinqmil
Well Gravity is also "just" a theory.
Yes, but nobody questions that gravity also is a fact.
Newton's theory of gravity is different than Einstein's theory of gravity, but both acknowledged that there is such a thing as gravity. They just found out different mechanism as how it works.
Same for evolution. The point should not be if evolution happened or not. It happened/happens, this we should all know by now. The 'theory' is all about HOW it works. Even here in this 'theory' all the aspects that describe 'evolution' are solid.
Cinqmil
I have no problem with evolution. I was just showing that there are a few things out there which are "just" theories but are undeniably true.
The word "theory" has a different meaning in a scientific context.
Understanding this is one of their stumbling blocks...
2:41 "You should be KNOWLEDGED about it." Wow so articulate, I'm shaking under the power of your words. Did you, by any chance, attend a school ever in your life?
Should the theory of Evolution be taught in schools? - Absolutely, in science classes. It's one of, if not the most important theories in Science.
Should Creationism be taught in schools? - Absolutely, in religious education classes. It's one of, if not the most important myths of the Abrahamic religions.
Should beauty queens be asked such questions? - Absolutely, it shows you can succeed on looks alone.
These girls work real hard, & their Momas pay a lot of money to get them looking they way they do. Let them have the 15 minutes, they've earned it.
Personally I find them very entertaining. Miss Hawaii is my favourite. "Creatatism" :-)
2:40 "It shouldn't be pushed on you, but you should be 'knowledged' about it" 😂😂
mira taylor what is funny there ?
I love how all these girls effectively took as many large words as they could and strung them together to try and make a cognitive argument.
My brain is slowly rotting as I continue to watch this video
Dear Miss Missouri, I totally agree, let's spend time in Math class teaching Algebra and Number Divination as we need to "be open to all ideas."
I think Ms. Washington is the most hilarious, talking about how she wants religion to be taught but says "People's theories shouldn't be taught"
These are the same people who said that maths should not be taught, yet when evolution comes in the question they suddenly got a lot more support. Religion is a hindrance. Wake up.
What I find most IDIOTIC about these answers is that the question doesn't say, "Should kids HAVE to learn about evolution." It says that evolution be taught IN GENERAL. In other words, should we give the CHOICE to learn it. These women basically say science should be BANNED from school. This goes against every principle of learning.
i think their answers are kind of shit, but at the same time i understand because when you think about it, its the miss usa pageant and a large percentage of the people who watch these pageants are christian americans (or just american citizens who believe in creationism over evolution) and these contestants (if they hope to win) should be providing the answers that will appeal to their mainstream audience the most
Yeah. You can't take these answers seriously, they're in a competition based (at least in part) on popularity and likability, hence why so many don't really take a stand on the issue and give answers that are just designed to please everybody.
Please stop the cussing.
Does anyone know where I can find a working link to video of ALL the answers from that year's pageant?
We didn't evolve to comprehend reality, we evolved to win beauty pageants.
vaccines and cures for diseases have come from an understanding of how bacteria evolve, if you want kids to grow up to become scientists that cure diseases, they need to understand evolution
Title doesn't even make sense. Some of them just acknowledged it as a tough question and the last one said that she accepts it and is religious.
some of them werent that bad, but most of them im pretty sure are oxygeyn deprived
Rosalyn Ewen *oxygen
Lici MS oh lol yeah, that was an accident. thanks for correcting me though.
Sadly, this isn't a question for beauty pageant participants. They aren't there because of their intelligence. They're there because of their genetic predisposition for being beautiful, and their ability to use fashion and cosmetology skills to look good.
There is a special place in hell for men like you.
a lot of these were good answers
Wow... Case closed.
you just completely embarrassed yourself
tacomanfan344 People are still allowed to have their own opinions. There were a few girls that said it should be taught in schools, they just don't believe in it. Yes, we can consider them uneducated but that doesn't make them bad answers. You can't call a response bad just because we feel they are misinformed. As other's have mentioned there is now doubt to specific mechanisms about evolution that we blindly accepted before. Don't be rude.
diplomatsdaughter If I say 2 + 2 = 8, would you consider that a bad answer or that I'm allowed to have my own opinion?
Stay in school
At least the one from Minnesota has some brains. The others are lost causes.
Too many people still view evolution as "just a theory"
The best bit is their constant reference to "belief systems".
Yeah they have no idea why biologists think we evolved from a common ancestor or even what a theory is
The first few weren't bad, but some were just uh, no
Abigail Barrera Yep.
Some of them were okay
This actually wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be..
Dragonaut111 Could it be even worse?
Daniel Manzano look for the "Should math be tought at schools" :S
Daniel Manzano Taught*
Arturo García That's a parody, it's meant to be worse on purpose.
*First sentence of ms. Kentucky*
Me: Wow, I’m surprised. That’s great.
*Second sentence of ms. Kentucky*
Me: Wow, never mind....
Now, if one of them had said: "I'd prefer not to answer that because any answer I might give could anger some residents of my home state or one of the judges and thus diminish my chances of winning" I would end the contest right there and hand them the crown them for at least being honest.
Well at least they're pretty, right?
Who would not want to propagate the species with one of them?
Its amazing {and revealing) how many of them talk about evolution that is something has not been taught in schools.
Either they skipped a lot of classes or the education system in the US is failing and is far worse than I imagined.
This video is exactly why evolution should be taught in school. It is not an opinion, it is not "just" a theory. It is a fact and the only framework in which modern biology makes sense.
This is just like going home for thanksgiving in my family.
"Creation-a-tism"... Never heard of that one before.
Some of these are actually really good answers
+SpartaNXGaming Yes if you are a moron.
+IceBlueBeard How is the last one not a good answer? It would be bad if you were in a job interview, but she's actually just trying to win the public.
Direct answers like "I believe in evolution" or "I don't believe in it" just divides the public, so answers like "It should be taught and It's not against religion" wins most votes. It just pisses off the extremes that either think people are not entitled to have opinions (even though that's exactly what made us evolve as a community), or people who believes in the bible literally.
Where can we hear the best 15 answers, please?
They seem to think that the universe operates under the direction of a committee.
"Captain, I don't think we're on Pluto any longer. In fact, we may have left space as we know it."
Lets look at the facts here. These young ladies are beauty queens who's main focus is on their artificial appearances, not their intellectual capacity. Instead of wasting countless hours of their day preening themselves at the beauty salon, they should be reading more books other than the bible at a library.
Actually, it is much like getting votes in politics, and being an atheist, or evolutionist isn't getting you elected these days. Not yet anyway. It is much like when JFK was considered unelectable for being Catholic at the time, now considered absurd.
Their is a status quo in society that even the most ardent libertarians and free thinkers feel compelled to keep just from our upbringing.
Until we can shed all prejudice and bias in ourselves we will always be slaves to these shallow beliefs.
I wish most people knew the difference between evolution and natural selection. Though, some of these answers weren't THAT bad.
Rebecca Wolf I think it goes both ways.
I have face palmed 5,000 times and I still feel like it's not enough!!
i hate when people say evolution is "just a theory" when a scientist says "theory" they actually mean "a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment" its not a fucking guess, its fact!
+tforeignguy l It is fairer to say evolution is both fact and theory. That evolution occurs is a fact - it is easily observed. However, the precise mechanisms of evolutionary processes and how they have led to the abundance of life on the planet today, is a scientific theory. This is akin to saying it is a fact that the Earth orbits the sun but the mechanism which causes that - gravity - is a scientific theory. Which leads onto one more oddity - Evolution is a far more strongly founded theory than gravity....but somehow gravity is not controversial. I suspect it is simply because, unlike evolution, gravitational theory does not directly step on the toes of religious dogma/scripture.
+Daz555Daz The fact that science calls it a theory is very good in one way, because then we are able to change it if we made some mistake, not like those religions ;-)
I'm an atheist and I'd have to agree on most of their answers. Kids should decide for themselves what they believe. I wouldn't have had a problem being in a bible class just the same as a science class. But the end result would make me atheist. And probably most people as well.
There is no believing in Evolution or natural selection. You can believe in Creationism if you so desire, although every logically thinking being would laugh at you for it, but you simply do not believe in Evolution: You know it.
BoarhideGaming I do believe in the theory of evolution. It makes a lot more logical sense than creationism. With all the evidence of bones and fossils, the bible looks pretty dumb.
evolution is a FACT . there is no choosing , do people get the option of believing whether or not
the earth is round ?
WHITEPHOENIX OFTHECROWN unfortunately they do.
BoarhideGaming Evolution is the biggest lie lol
Also, I agree with you that evolution is an essential foundation for any meaningful research in the biological sciences. It's so basic, in fact, that it's laughable that anyone would think any alternative base would be tenable. It is, as Dawkins likes to say, the "only game in town." Any would-be competitor theories are plainly invalid, though one might suppose that it's POSSIBLE that some other (presently unarticulated) theory might offer a better foundation. But that seems implausible to me...
WTF?! Do these women not realize evolution IS taught in school. They obviously have no idea what a scientific theory is either.
Had a good laugh. Thanks for posting this.
"u shud be knowldgegd about it."
You can't "believe" in evolution... the word theory has come to mean something totally different than what it means in the scientific world. Gravity is a theory. Do you believe in it? No, you accept that it is there. You can accept or reject. I'm in my biology class's evolution unit right now. I'm looking at you Miss Washington...
I had no idea that evolution was controversial lmao
OMG, I just realized that these are Adults! This is the Miss USA pageant, I thought it was the Miss Teen USA pageant! This makes it even worse, that only one, Miss Minnesota, gave an intelligent answer.
And this is why they're beauty queens, not biologists.
I'd be more than happy give them a "biology lesson".
Maybe we should all choose our own opinions about chemical and mathematical formulas as well. If you think 2+2=7, then that's just great! We should encourage all opinions and beliefs even if they are whack-a-doodle!
The fact that some of these girls were saying it shouldn't be taught because it would offend somebody made me nauseated. It also frightened me how many of these women proudly claimed they, "didn't believe in evolution". Evolution isn't even something you believe in; it is something that you understand, and agree with because there is evidence to back it up.
1:15, I don't know ...how do you Teach a towel? Lol
The last answer was not bad.
Washington, Alaska and Tennessee also gave very good answers.
In fact, many of them were surprisingly good with bases.
kotosqopos
-Alaska: evolution is a fact thats why it's dumb to not believe in it.
-Washington: she doesnt know what a scientific theory is. It's starts as a theory but its backed up with an overwhelming amount of evidence/proof to the point where it is crazy to deny it. There is no higher title than theory in science.
-Tennessee: again, evolution isnt just an idea. It's proven.
Does anybody realize the idea of god is a theory
It's not a theory. It's a hypothesis. Learn the difference.
***** I know but the people on the video said that you shouldn't believe in a theory, and they probably don't even know what a hypothesis is.
No the god thing is myth
A much more complex and mind opening theory , than evolution. God is something that is more free and honestly more complicated than any of the simple theories of thinking inside the box. There is a whole universe out there
Lauren Rodriguez science and common sense proves god doesn't exist for example who created god,and if he does exist why has no one ever see heaven in a telescope, and why doesn't heaven fall from the sky
you can almost tell with the state they represent what answer they will give.
managed to watch till 2nd answer then brain started to dissolve
Thats what happens when u ask women about evolution when their brain capacity has only evolved to answer questions related to kitchen :D hahaha
Ahaaaaaa
no we design and make their shoes ;) haha
Lol hope you don't procreate and pass on your shitty genetic material!
Wow!! Well your a nice person aren't you?
hahah :D
Saying "fact, not theory should be taught" is pretty stupid. I mean things like the theory of plate tectonics are taught in school because it explains a lot and is more than likely to be true, even though it can't be proven with 100% certainty. Theories are, and should be taught in school depending on the amount of evidence present. Evolution has a lot of evidence and should be taught.
can you give one evidence of evolution?
TheNosdivad Yes
TheNosdivad idiot
Hartcore11 well? you want me to tell you to go a head? hmm!
Actually, I was gonna say for you to provide evidence for creation first. That means I'd never hear from you again.
guys srry if i sound dumb but what do they mean but evolution?? like the process of something changing throughout the years???
Meanwhile, in the Holy Islamic Curriculum of Iran, evolution is taught from grade 5.
Regardless of what they're saying, Idaho and Hawaii were the most beautiful for me. Followed by Kentucky and Tenessee.
You can call these the top worst answers if you wish, but there are many scientist, including evolutionist themselves who are now refuting the same "modern evolutionary synthesis" (also referred to as the neo Darwinian synthesis) which unfortunately is still being taught in schools as an unquestionable axiom. Again I repeat, the modern synthesis is the accepted theory of evolution, and again, it is now being soundly refuted by 21st century science.
And these findings have been made explicit in the current science literature. Will we someday have a real and cohesive theory? Who knows? Some believe so, while others are not so optimistic. But one thing is certain. In spite of all the grandstanding, as of yet, we still do not have a cohesive or valid theoretical framework for evolutionary biology at the present.
"Soundly refuted"? By whom? The Discovery Institute? BWAHAHA! By "many scientist" do you mean Michael Behe and other DI cronies? Behe is the only scientist-proponent of ID and he's an embarrassment to the scientists who didn't sell out to big money. By "we do not have a cohesive or valid theoretical framework for evolutionary biology," I'm assuming you mean people who did not go to school and learn, but instead get their (mis)information from their clergy and people of faith.
Read Barbara Forrest's in-depth analysis of this whole debacle and see if you still feel the same way. Read from ANY scientist in the field of molecular biology (or biology in general) and you will see that intelligent design is a fraud...Behe is an exception, not the norm. Better yet, take a course on biology and day one, class one will debunk the entire belief that ID is real science.
Make-Make Yes, there are Intelligent Design scientist who refute the "modern evolutionary synthesis" as well, and Behe is just one of many. But I never even mentioned any of them, nor did I ever mention the Discovery Institute. You should have taken the time to read a little more carefully to what I actually said.
The scientific refutation I speak of is coming from non ID, non religious experts in the field of "evolutionary development biology" But since you did bring up the subject of Intelligent Design. Keep in mind, it was ID theorist who accurately predicted (not just the demise of the junk DNA paradigm which as also been thoroughly refuted by modern science) but of the same modern evolutionary synthesis I speak of. And I can back up everything I said concerning my first post, without even citing one paper from ID theorist.
benthemiester Okay then.Back up everything you said.Not just first post,but also the second post as well.
Arvind Raj
My second point was about the demise of the junk DNA paradigm, as accurately prediction by ID theorist. And I'll be happy to oblige you. But first, let me back up what I said about the the demise of the "modern evolutionary synthesis" based on current 21st century data.
The new biology: beyond the Modern Synthesis
Michael R Rose1* and Todd H Oakley2
The last third of the 20th Century featured an accumulation of research findings that severely challenged the assumptions of the "Modern Synthesis" which provided the foundations for most biological research during that century. The foundations of that "Modernist" biology had thus largely crumbled by the start of the 21st Century. This in turn raises the question of foundations for biology in the 21st Century.
Beyond neo-Darwinism-an epigenetic approach to evolution
M.W. Ho
"We argue that the basic neo-Darwinian framework-the natural selection of random mutations-is insufficient to account for evolution. The role of natural selection is itself limited: it cannot adequately explain the diversity of populations or of species; nor can it account for the origin of new species or for major evolutionary change....."
The Origin at 150: is a new evolutionary synthesis in sight?
Eugene V. Koonin
Abstract
The 200th anniversary of Darwin and the 150th jubilee of the Origin of Species prompt a new look at evolutionary biology. The 1959 Origin centennial was marked by the consolidation of the Modern Synthesis. The edifice of the Modern Synthesis has crumbled, apparently, beyond repair"
Soft inheritance: challenging the modern synthesis
Eva JablonkaI; Marion J. LambII
….In view of the data that support soft inheritance, as well as other challenges to the Modern Synthesis, it is concluded that that synthesis no longer offers a satisfactory theoretical framework for evolutionary biology.
This is referred to as "quote mining" or "fallacy of quoting out of context." Simply because one aspect of the modern synthesis needs revision does not mean evolution is a theory in crisis, just as Einstein's theory of relativity did not mean Newton's theory of gravitation was wrong. Refining a theory just makes it clearer--it doesn't break the theory apart and mean it is wrong. At all. Creationists love to use revisions to theories as proof that evolution as a theory is bunk. That gets on my nerves. For example, I read Koonin's paper and saw nothing about evolution as a theory in crisis; rather, he wrote of a new vision for post-modern synthesis and made it sound as though the theory of evolution is being strengthened. Were you relying on people to not read the papers?
And going back to your original comment: "will we someday have a real and cohesive theory?" The question itself implies that there are debatable choices, but the answer remains: evolution is a real and cohesive theory.
At least you didn't quote Behe...for that, props.
if she is a 10, so is her IQ. this video proved it
I don't get the description on this vid. I only saw the first 3 min, but seems like pretty average opinions on the subject, nothing to write home about.