The War on Science | Full Documentary

"In the age of misinformation, evidence-based science is under fire. Private schools with questionable curriculums, public schools that sidestep scientific topics, and a growing abundance of conspiratorial YouTube videos are hindering our ability to separate scientific facts from beliefs or opinions. Yet as Adam Yamaguchi reports in this CBS Reports documentary, educators are finding ways to fight back.

[nikki]

"Hey, daughter, why don't you go out and get some dirt and shake it around and new life will spring out?" Did he just describe gardening as if it's some fantastical unreality?

[doctorshell]

“If evolution was true, we’d have animals that talked, and crazy animals like in Star Wars. You could make humans out of dirt.”
Dude says without a hint of irony.
Christ, how frightening.

[jvjjjvvv]

It's pretty cool that CBS managed to film these people. I would have thought that some of them would be afraid that cameras were going to steal their souls.

[Truth-Seeker_]

They're not trying to prove or disprove anything. They are trying to create an overwhelming atmosphere of doubt & distrust for everything that could possibly be known or understood.
*That* is what you would classify as *evil.*

[ChuckReynolds]

"yes a timeline supported by the bible"... and there you go. all the ignorance comes down to lack of proper education and religion. every time.

[WattWireNet]

This is scary. I feel lucky to have been educated in an era where science was taught and accepted based on supported data and reason. I never could have imagined us devolving to this point.

[huffpappy]

This is scary. To see how widespread the war on science is in the 21st century in this country makes me very worried about the survival of this nation.

[maxmcmullen]

I thoroughly believe any person who holds a key position in politics or in the administrative branch of the government and identifies as conspiracy theorist such as a flat-earther, or an anti-vaccine activist must be fired. It's not a matter of personal beliefs it's about facts.

[cjfwildcat]

The real victims here are the children learning this non-sense. Very sad.

[blackbird]

the less someone knows, the more stubborn they are about knowing it. -Osho.

[chinkasuyaro]

Asking 'Who here believes in evolution?' makes science sound like religion (which is what some people want). It is not about 'belief', it is about accepting or not accepting a scientific fact.

[MJ-fyno]

That grade 7 "teacher" is a disgrace to educators. Nobody gets to agree with or disagree with science, it's not opinion based.

The Flat Earth Society was founded to teach debating skills, nobody really expected others to begin thinking the earth was actually flat. Don't get me started about jesus riding around on a dinosaur.

[danielflores]

This is why cult leaders/ rich pastors have a lot of followers.

[reubenlyimo]

as an outsider looking in ( im from the uk) the USA seems to be moving backwards....what in world is going on over there...pull yourself to together america or the world is going to leave you behind politically, economically, and scientifically


you don`t see other countries having these issues so why are you?

[sillysimion]

“I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.” - Leo Szilard

[DavidJ]

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
--Charles Darwin

"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about."
--Wayne Dyer

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
--Martin Luther King, Jr.

[kweukuafirim]

-flat Earth conspiracy can be solved with a high altitude helium balloon and a GoPro.

[Master_Blackthorne]

The Flat Earth Society is like a fruitcake: it's full of nuts.

[Ping_JJT]

I don’t feel like having children anymore.

[rmapcynan]

I despair for the human race. Humanity is in a slow decline, we've already passed our peak.