Thursday, November 13, 2008

Media Portrayal of Evolution

This is a great couch gag from the Simpson's. However it causes problems for me as a biology teacher. Please leave a comment on why this clip misleads people about how evolution takes place. I will leave my 2 cents when a number of you have weighed in with your thoughts. (Think Participation Grade)



6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Stevenson, it's me ajrie and i think this clip is misleading because, many people believe that dinosaurs were the first living organsims on the planet, but in fact that dinosaurs did'n t arrive on earth millions and millions of years after the earth was formed

Anonymous said...

Hey, its joey
ajries got it right.
but due to the fact it is media, it would be quite irrational to show the bacteria for a good uhhh, hour or so.
and mister stevenson, sorry for the other comment. it wasnt anony mous. it was me re-commenting on my previous statement.

Patryk said...

Hi Mr. Stevenson. It's Patryk. I see this video misleading because it seems like everything happened about the same time apart. Like you taught us in class, most of the action happened not too long ago.

Anonymous said...

HEY STEVENSON.....PRETTY FUNNY BUT THEY LEFT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.....LIKE THE MILLIONS OF YEARS BACTERIA RULING THE EARTH.......AND THE ONE GUY GOING BACKWARDS THROUGH EVOLUTION?.....OH AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE LACK OF NATURAL SELECTION CAUSING THE CHANGE IN ORGANISMS THROUGH VARIATION....SEE YA IN CLASS

Anonymous said...

dan. is your Caps Lock glued down??
- joey

Stevenson said...

I've got to agree with Joey. Dan you don't have to yell all the time. And contrary to popular belief, I don’t yell all of the time, only some of the time. I’m just loud the rest of the time.