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Evolution Will No Longer Be Taught in Turkish Schools
Claiming that evolution is “debatable, controversial, and too complicated for students,” Turkey’s board of education has decided to stop teaching Darwinian natural selection in its schools. The move has infuriated the country’s secular opposition, but it could embolden other countries to do the same.
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I'm guessing the students in Turkey are particularly stupid. Evolution can be explained in very simple terms, there's nothing confusing about it.
More likely though is that the politicians are too stupid to understand it. It doesn't involve getting bribed or getting more power, so it's too difficult for them to comprehend.
They are no more stupid than you or me old friend. It is foolish to think they are, both the people who have imposed this, and those they control.
Right. I guess it makes me feel better to think that they're stupid instead of the alternatives.