I read up to about page 3 with everyone talking about a comparison to gravity. So forgive me if these aren't new ideas to this thread or if the conversation's moved far past this already.
Until there's more work done on unified field theory and such, I don't think we completely understand gravity either. So saying: "I don't think we know everything there is to know about gravity" doesn't make me some ass backwards, bible thumping, science denying, hillbilly redneck that is so desperately in need of Thor's help to educate me.
This is essentially the parallel I drew from the original post's survey question. I interpreted it as "Do we have a complete and perfect understanding of evolution?". To me, there's a clear answer to that question: no. To answer otherwise is a frightening mix of ignorance and arrogance. The second half of the question the article posed is dangerously loaded making it not a simple yes or no question. But of course a journalist will pick up on that and use it to stir up controversy and sell more papers.
Also, trying to lump anyone that says that we don't have a complete understanding of evolution in with the young earth creationists is one of the most ludicrous straw man arguments I've ever seen.
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