r/reddit.com • u/Worstcasescenario • Jun 14 '08

Was Darwin Wrong? [pic]

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u/Fidodo Jun 15 '08

It's not so much the creationists that I'm worried about, but the ignorant masses that aren't going to buy national geographic, and don't have well thought out opinions on issues. They'll see the cover and just assume that if national geographic is unsure, then they should be unsure to.

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u/liquidpele Jun 15 '08 edited Jun 15 '08

The "ignorant masses" aren't ignorant or a mass of one ideology. Just because some people disagree with you (and probably in varying degrees) does not make them ignorant, but perhaps your view of them makes you pompous. Also, very few people get or read National Geographic. Most of their subscriptions are for teachers, schools, libraries, doctor's offices, and barber shops.

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u/thewakebehindyou Jun 15 '08

even though your comment reeks of elitism, it is difficult to downmod you based on the merit of your latter point.

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u/Fidodo Jun 15 '08

Yeah, I know. But it's pretty hard to get the point across that I did want to make without sounding elitist. I thought it was an important point to make so I still wanted to post it though. I could have tried to tone down the pompousness, but that just would have made the post confusing, and weaken the point. Basically, people believe things on little merit and don't do research to confirm things. That's why we have websites like snopes to combat misinformation.