Posted by
D W W Robertson on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:05:03 PM
I drove down to UC Davis on Saturday, April 19 for the 2008 Picnic Day to ask some of the students about their response to Ben Stein’s movie Expelled. I was surprised to get a good response. Here are some of the answers people gave.
1. Will you go see Expelled?
- Yes. Now that I know about it. It sounds interesting.
- No. Movies cost too much. Ben Stein should make a documentary about that.
- No. I don’t care.
2. Should we be able to critique Darwinism in the science classroom?
- Yes. We should be able to critique every idea. That is what education is all about.
- Yes. Darwinism is false, f**k.
- I don’t care.
3. Does it undermine our educational system to prohibit criticism of Darwinism?
- Yes. But you have to take everything at the university with a grain of salt.
- I don’t care. I already graduated.
- I don’t care.
4. Does Expelled bring up an important issue, worthy of discussion?
- Yes. It sounds interesting and worth investigation.
- Yeah, whatever. What do you expect from colleges?
College students are not as crazy, intolerant, and free-speech hating as we sometimes make them out to be. I was glad to hear that students were concerned with freedom to criticize “any idea” in the classroom. The problem is that usually the most close-minded are the ones with the loudest mouths – to paraphrase Less Than Jake.
Rest assured America, there is hope for the next generation!