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Dinosaur Fossils Fit Perfectly Into The Evolutionary Tree Of Life

I know that the scientific method relies upon the constant testing and revision of hypotheses, but this kind of story is one that that makes the reader go: "Ah Ha! That is so cool...wait, I think I already knew that." I am not saying that this is a bad or stupid story, indeed, it helps reinforce theory, but the subject matter is one that anyone with basic knowledge of Evolutionary Theory already knows. The benefit I see to this news is to ID'er and YE Creationists, but would they really be reading a science blog? Oh my stars and garters, no. This needs to be published in every science classroom in the US (and Turkey too!) and even mailed to churches and religious groups.

Have we become a nation so disconnected from scientific reality that we must publish obvious things in media? When US science test scores fall behind second and third world countries, I say yes. Publish a story about the Sun being hot if that is what it takes to get Americans more knowledgeable about the world they live in. We are the country that invented the computer and the laser, the television and atomic bomb, we landed on the moon. We have a scientific legacy that is being pissed on every time a preacher tells a child that science is for people who don't trust God.