Bill Nye and Evolution

I'm a little surprised by the shortsightedness of Bill Nye in this video.  He says:

And I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, in your world that’s completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that’s fine, but don’t make your kids do it because we need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need people that can — we need engineers that can build stuff, solve problems.

What he (apparently) doesn't realize is that parents teach their children what they think is the truth.  To ask a parent who truly believes in the creation story to deny it and not teach their kids the same thing is ridiculous.  And this, of course, is why some parents are so up in arms about evolution being taught in schools.

I mean, I don't believe in the Greek mythological creation story, so of course I'd be pissed if were taught as fact in school.

We, as a society, need to somehow do a better job at spreading the word that evolution is actually factually true.  And that doesn't mean just shouting it louder.  That means demonstrating it in a way that people can really understand, and change some minds.