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Originally Posted by thekremlin
It's actually incredibly stupid. They've known the right answer to this question for a very long time.
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I don't remember learning about Lamarckism in school and came to the idea myself a few years ago before I started picking up the pieces of my forgotten education. I actually put the question to the board here and Misty helped set me straight and put me in the right direction, after which I learned about Lamarckism and ended up being very interested in evolution and learning as much as I can about this.
The point of that little anecdote is that it's not bad to not know things, but in general it is very foolish to go about betting or asserting truths that one hasn't researched yet. I can forgive f3lix for thinking about it, as I was once in the same ignorant position and the American public, even if they "believe" in it (in quotations because it is an indisputable fact) generally has a very poor perception of evolution and still thinks we came from monkeys and apes (both of which are false).
TL;DR: Nothing wrong with ideas and questions, but claiming ignorance from the start and subsequently learning something new is a much better stance than claiming truth and being embarrassed.