Creationism gets treated by religious people as if it were a viable theoretical alternative to Evolution.  They do this in spite of the fact that evolution is broadly accepted by educated people world wide.  Evolution is obviously working on species today, and it is visible to any person with minimal powers of observation and exposure to the ( Read more... )

It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent,
but the one that is most responsive to change.
--Charles Darwin

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than knowledge.--Charles Darwin ( Read more... )

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than knowledge.
--Charles Darwin

(for more on the Dunning-Kruger effect)

The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National | 8 May 2010
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/2893602.htm
( there's an explanation for why really stupid people can be so sure they're right )

http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Pinker_on_Wright_94.html
( a book review for the NY Times, 1994, on The Moral Animal )