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Imagine how backwards we'd be if we didn't invest in science or education in America. We'd be as backwards as Somalia and we wouldn't lead in shit.

This is reality. Consider the reality as it maybe our downfall as a world power. Some of the poorest countries on earth are this way because they have no government or the government doesn't care about the little guy and the rich cats take it all.

This is why most of Africa and central America are the way they're currently as there's little rules protecting the little guy and most of the wealth is at the top.

Europe and America have lead the world simply because of our love of science, knowledge and liberalism these past 800 years. End that and we're no better then the middle east. Every civilization of greatness was the same when you read through the history book! Athens Greece, Rome, Ming China, southern Europe during the 12th, 13th and 14th century and northward into northern Europe later.

We should stay out of wars and spend the money on our children's education, infrastructure and science. 18th century France and early 20th century Russia should have learned their lesson but they didn't.
 
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Progress in science is usually a result of war and military research.
All those great civilizations you listed had a long history of being at war.
 
The Government has no business in science or education. Give tax breaks to companies who want to invest in those areas and let the market decide if its worth the effort.
 
Matthew thinks government confiscation of private wealth leads to a prosperous nation.
 
The dumb @sshole in the OP wants the government to indoctrinate people in the pseudo-science of Evolution.

Children should have a well-rounded education. It doesn't do any good to believe you're a homosexual monkey if you're not good at English and Math. And, ironically, the OP appeals to History to try to make his case.

America has excelled in science because of freedom, and in spite of fascist ideas of dumb @ssholes.
 
The dumb @sshole in the OP wants the government to indoctrinate people in the pseudo-science of Evolution.

Children should have a well-rounded education. It doesn't do any good to believe you're a homosexual monkey if you're not good at English and Math. And, ironically, the OP appeals to History to try to make his case.

America has excelled in science because of freedom, and in spite of fascist ideas of dumb @ssholes.
You know, if not for the contributions evolutionary theory to biology and medicine, crusty old crybabies like you would not have even lived long enough to whine about this stuff today.
 
You know, if not for the contributions evolutionary theory to biology and medicine, crusty old crybabies like you would not have even lived long enough to whine about this stuff today.

What contribution did Darwin make to my longevity?

Evolution is the foundation of all biology, which itself is the foundation of medicine. Easier than the Kevin Bacon game, thanks for the softball. :)
 
What contribution did Darwin make to my longevity?

Evolution is the foundation of all biology, which itself is the foundation of medicine. Easier than the Kevin Bacon game, thanks for the softball. :)

Did Darwin invent a new drug?

When you @sshole Evolutionists insist that Evolution is the foundation of all science, it's a screaming case of Evolutionists "doth protest too much." You try to make up in grandioseness what you lack in substance. It's really very pathetic. Evolution hasn't contributed sh1t to medicine.
 
What contribution did Darwin make to my longevity?

Evolution is the foundation of all biology, which itself is the foundation of medicine. Easier than the Kevin Bacon game, thanks for the softball. :)

Did Darwin invent a new drug?

When you @sshole Evolutionists insist that Evolution is the foundation of all science, it's a screaming case of Evolutionists "doth protest too much." You try to make up in grandioseness what you lack in substance. It's really very pathetic. Evolution hasn't contributed sh1t to medicine.
Evolution is, indeed, the foundation of all biology. And medicine is founded completely on biology. "Did darwin invent a medicine?" .... what a stupid question. Did Einstein build a rocketship? well, I guess all of these NASA scientists completely reliant on the theory of relativity should stop giving him or his theory any credit, hee haw! Okay, cletus!
 
What contribution did Darwin make to my longevity?

Evolution is the foundation of all biology, which itself is the foundation of medicine. Easier than the Kevin Bacon game, thanks for the softball. :)

Did Darwin invent a new drug?

When you @sshole Evolutionists insist that Evolution is the foundation of all science, it's a screaming case of Evolutionists "doth protest too much." You try to make up in grandioseness what you lack in substance. It's really very pathetic. Evolution hasn't contributed sh1t to medicine.
You are about a fucking idiot. Why do you think they change the flu vaccine every year? You Goddamned ignoramuses are absolutely funny.
 
What contribution did Darwin make to my longevity?

Evolution is the foundation of all biology, which itself is the foundation of medicine. Easier than the Kevin Bacon game, thanks for the softball. :)

Did Darwin invent a new drug?

When you @sshole Evolutionists insist that Evolution is the foundation of all science, it's a screaming case of Evolutionists "doth protest too much." You try to make up in grandioseness what you lack in substance. It's really very pathetic. Evolution hasn't contributed sh1t to medicine.
You are about a fucking idiot. Why do you think they change the flu vaccine every year? You Goddamned ignoramuses are absolutely funny.

Old rocks,,,

If these fuckers win America will be as backwards as any radical islamic nation on earth. We will not compete as a world power anymore!

The hatred of science is the biggest threat this nation faces at this moment in history...Iran, North Korean or the islamic state are all tiny compared to our own religious anti-science nuts.

And Oldrocks, they truly and utterly don't understand that the flu virus evolves yearly.
 
I'll come out and say it...

America is currently following the same path as Turkey is under its religious nut case president.

A hatred of freedom of other people
A hatred of science, education and critical thought
A hatred of democratic values...They attack our voting system and ability to vote all the time.
A hatred for the truth
A love to force their god down your throat
 
You are about a fucking idiot. Why do you think they change the flu vaccine every year? You Goddamned ignoramuses are absolutely funny.

There are no viruses evolving into flu viruses nor existing flu viruses developing new mechanisms to fight vaccines. You're stupidity is truly embarrassing. Your faith in Evolution just makes you dumber. I'd explain we we need new flu shots every year, but you're too stupid to get it.

Besides, you stupid faggot, "Evolution" doesn't apply to viruses because viruses are not alive.
 
Dumb fuckers don't realize how important our investments in science are. Same with any other nation on this planet. China for one is investing tons into catching us.

I don't even know why you people can even hold an opinion being how uninformed you're.
 
You are about a fucking idiot. Why do you think they change the flu vaccine every year? You Goddamned ignoramuses are absolutely funny.

There are no viruses evolving into flu viruses nor existing flu viruses developing new mechanisms to fight vaccines. You're stupidity is truly embarrassing. Your faith in Evolution just makes you dumber. I'd explain we we need new flu shots every year, but you're too stupid to get it.

Besides, you stupid faggot, "Evolution" doesn't apply to viruses because viruses are not alive.
Well Bullet, you are as fucking stupid as they come.

Influenza, an ever-evolving target for vaccine development

Where's the evolution?
The basic reason for the difference between the flu vaccine and many other vaccines is that the flu virus evolves much more rapidly than do viruses like measles, mumps, and polio. Our bodies fight off diseases, in part, through the production of antibodies that help our immune systems recognize and attack foreign invaders. Vaccines work by priming the body with the right antibodies to fight a particular disease before it gets a foothold and makes us sick. For measles, mumps, and polio, this works just fine. If you were fully vaccinated for these diseases as a child (or had the disease as a child) and your body encounters one of these pathogens many years later, it is extremely likely that your body's antibodies will be able to recognize the intruders and attack them. However, the flu evolves so much from season to season that last year's antibodies usually cannot recognize this year's viral strain. So if you were vaccinated for flu last year or had the flu last year, it indicates nothing about your body's ability to fend off the bug this year.

In fact, in a process called antigenic drift, flu evolves in response to the antibodies our bodies produce each year. During the course of a flu epidemic, many people gain immunity to the strain of the virus that is currently circulating. Through the process of natural selection, any flu virus particles that happen to carry mutations that allow them to slip by the defenses of common antibodies will be favored, produce more copies of themselves, and eventually, spread to more new victims. This process leads to the evolution of new strains, one or some of which are likely to become the cause of next year's flu season.
 
In fact, in a process called antigenic drift, flu evolves in response to the antibodies our bodies produce each year. During the course of a flu epidemic, many people gain immunity to the strain of the virus that is currently circulating. Through the process of natural selection, any flu virus particles that happen to carry mutations that allow them to slip by the defenses of common antibodies will be favored, produce more copies of themselves, and eventually, spread to more new victims. This process leads to the evolution of new strains, one or some of which are likely to become the cause of next year's flu season.

Sh1thead, just because someone stomps you skull into the ground, getting sh1t all over his boots, doesn't mean you've Evolved, yet you have morphologically changed. Your skull has adapted to the shape of the ground on one side and his boot on the other side.

In a trillion so years of humans getting the flu and getting flu shots, and a trillion years of antigenic drift, the flu virus will be no more or less the flu virus than it was the flu virus to start with. Someone stomping on your skull has more relevancy to Evolution than what's happening with the flu.

Old sh1tRrocks for brains, antigenic drift doesn't introduce any new genes to a species, and therefor has no theoretical potential to create a new kind of species.
 
In fact, in a process called antigenic drift, flu evolves in response to the antibodies our bodies produce each year. During the course of a flu epidemic, many people gain immunity to the strain of the virus that is currently circulating. Through the process of natural selection, any flu virus particles that happen to carry mutations that allow them to slip by the defenses of common antibodies will be favored, produce more copies of themselves, and eventually, spread to more new victims. This process leads to the evolution of new strains, one or some of which are likely to become the cause of next year's flu season.

Sh1thead, just because someone stomps you skull into the ground, getting sh1t all over his boots, doesn't mean you've Evolved, yet you have morphologically changed. Your skull has adapted to the shape of the ground on one side and his boot on the other side.

In a trillion so years of humans getting the flu and getting flu shots, and a trillion years of antigenic drift, the flu virus will be no more or less the flu virus than it was the flu virus to start with. Someone stomping on your skull has more relevancy to Evolution than what's happening with the flu.

Old sh1tRrocks for brains, antigenic drift doesn't introduce any new genes to a species, and therefor has no theoretical potential to create a new kind of species.
He was nice enough to explain it you like you are 5 years old. And you still don't get it. Embarrassing.
 

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