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Young children 'should be taught evolution so they don't mistake Fred Flintstone for scientific fact'

Children should be taught about evolution to prevent them mistaking Barney and Fred Flintstone for scientific fact, an academic has claimed.

The failure to teach primary school children scientific truth is playing into the hands of advocates of creationism - according to James Williams, lecturer in education at Sussex University. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

tags fred flintstone barney evolution creationism

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20	bcgrote

5 months ago

Apparently they assume that ALL children lack a spirit of discernment.

Watching cartoons teaches kids that the TV lies. I think that is a good lesson to learn early!

And not all lies are bad - fantasy is fun and funny, and ok!

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maven

5 months ago

I think a lot of kids are growing up without enough interaction with the 'real' world that they DO lack the spirit of discernment.

The daughter of a friend was drawing on a calendar, putting in fire works for the 4th of July, a jack-o-lantern for Halloween, etc. For Thanksgiving, she drew a turkey. With four legs. And didn't think it was odd.

I don't recall EVER hearing of any little kids who tried to hang in the air after running off a cliff like Wiley Coyote did, but there've been several kids who DIED emulating Dora the Explorer or Sponge Bob. Something is wrong with that....

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7	greenfou...

5 months ago

« maven :
I don't recall EVER hearing of any little kids who tried to hang in the air after running off a cliff like Wiley Coyote did, but there've been several kids who DIED emulating Dora the Explorer or Sponge Bob. Something is wrong with that....

Really? I hadn't heard that before. What exactly did they do that got them killed? I can see drowning or something with Sponge Bob but Dora?

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34	Doggyliv...

5 months ago

« greenfourth : What exactly did they do that got them killed?

Probably killed by parents for being so f**king annoying

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Bingo

5 months ago

I think that perhaps he underestimates the kids.

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11	mango-fo...

5 months ago

Oh, so "Barney and Friends" was just a creationist ploy to brainwash little kids all along! It all makes so much sense now!

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maven

5 months ago

« greenfourth : Really? I hadn't heard that before. What exactly did they do that got them killed? I can see drowning or something with Sponge Bob but Dora?

Sorry, it was Diego, not Dora. Story

And, Naratu related death.

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6	elsuper

5 months ago

« maven And, Naratu related death.

Is that an ironic misspelling of Naruto, kinda like Pokeman is to Pokemon, in order to illustrate how out of touch older generations are with the kids of today?

Or are we just out of touch with the kids of today?

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