I’ve run into numerous surveys recently touting percentages of people that believe in global warming, believe in evolution, believe in the Big Bang, and other tenets of science. In most cases I wind up yelling at the TV or the newspaper because of the sheer arrogance that goes into asking the question. As if democracy is so all powerful that we can alter reality by sheer force of will. As if we could fly by simply collectively voting gravity out of existence. Newsflash: the universe really doesn’t care what you believe. Although I suppose this is sort of the Wikipedia approach to the world. It’s certainly the approach Conservapedia has taken as they are on a mission to reshape science and history to fit their world view.

At any rate, I ran across this xkcd comic which I thought just summed the mess up nicely.