Friday Discussion

            This debate between Ham and Nye wasn’t very fair.  By now, most educated people, whether they are religious or not respect and understand that the world is much older than 6,000 years.  From all the evidence collected by scientists over the past few hundred years proves over and over again the fact that the stories in the Bible were not fact.  The Bible is a great resource to learn about morals and to help develop a personal ethical code, but it is definitely not a scientific fact book.  People back in the day had a limited understanding of the world around them, so they created stories in order to help curb their fears of the unknown.  What I thought was most important about Bill Nye’s argument was his concern for Kentucky’s lack of scientific education.  In a world with increasing demands for scientific research, education is key.  Kentucky is shooting itself in the foot, and needs to change its ways otherwise it will be left behind.