Random Politics & Religion #23 (Fake News)

Well, you got to admit....

*stalker mode off*

Somewhere between 15% and 40% of Americans believe our planet is only 10,000 years old, in spite of the literal heaps of evidence that it is far older.

I question this assertion.

Has Newser polled people and asked that question? Or are they basing their numbers based by how many people are identified as Christians?

I'm guessing the later.

It's an oldish poll http://www.gallup.com/poll/170822/believe-creationist-view-human-origins.aspx

It's an oldish poll http://www.gallup.com/poll/170822/believe-creationist-view-human-origins.aspx

Thanks for clearing that up. I stand corrected.

If that was the basis for the article's claim, they misread the poll. The creation of humans ~10,000 years ago (in their current form) ≠ the creation of Earth ~10,000 years ago.

Not surprising, though, people in general really, really suck at reading polls.

Except when it's creationism. Since the creation of the sun the moon the earth and man are only a couple of days apart in their minds.

The distinction is kinda pointless. Neither view is less wrong than the other.

So, 42% of Americans are creationists?

Is that what somebody is referring?

The distinction is kinda pointless. Neither view is less wrong than the other.

So, it seems Mueller just upgraded the investigation to criminal level and he's also looking into Trump's actions against Comey, Yates, and Bharara, including his tweets about them.

"My opinion is correct, and there is no chance that I'm wrong. Therefore, any responses that do not match my views 100% are pointless and there is no need for distinction between them."

In this case, yeah pretty much.

In this case, yeah pretty much.

...
Thursday’s all-senators briefing was scheduled earlier this week at the insistence of Democrats, who wanted to question Rosenstein about his role in Comey’s ousting. Senators emerging from the meeting, which took place in a secure room in the Capitol, said Rosenstein made clear he was giving his newly appointed special prosecutor, Robert Mueller, wide leeway to run the FBI’s Russia investigation as he sees fit.

“He said over and over again that Mueller is going to draw the scope of this investigation, that Mueller is going to have the resources, that Mueller is not going to be interfered with by him or the Department of Justice,” Durbin said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the briefing made clear to him the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s election meddling had transitioned from being a counterintelligence probe to being a full-fledged criminal probe.

"It was a counterintelligence investigation until now," Graham told reporters. "It seems to me now to be considered a criminal investigation."

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Rosenstein pledged to let Mueller take the FBI investigation in any direction — including exploring allegations of obstruction of justice.

"He was very clear that Director Mueller has the latitude to decide where this investigation goes," Murphy said. "He was pressed on that several times. And every single time he reaffirmed that Director Mueller has the ability to bring this investigation wherever it needs to go, including any questions of obstruction of justice." ...

People have been claiming creation, in various different cultures, for thousands of years and still have nothing resembling concrete proof.

Putting the importance of sociological studies aside, this level of hubris is the antithesis of scientific thought. It will not serve you well in other arguments.