From the very beginning of this article, I had a feeling I wasn't going to like it. Most articles that start off with a statistic choose one that is shocking or represents a drastic change. Adam Frank starts with a statistic that shows a two percent increase in the beliefs of his "opponents", as he seemingly views them, over the course of thirty years. While I was surprised that the percentage of people who believe in creationism has increased rather than decreased over the years, I would not consider it shocking nor a bad change. The statistic that was a little more surprising was the second one he uses, because in the age of the media, I would have thought more people would acknowledge that climate change is a problem.
I do agree that people need to appreciate and learn more about science and how it impacts our daily life, but I don't think it is as important as Frank makes it out to be. He really loses my interest and my care for this topic when he outright belittles creationism. Obviously if forty-six percent of the population you are appealing to believes in it, you shouldn't toss it to the side as though it holds no value. A lot of the time, both scientists and people of faith can't seem to find a happy medium between the two. Science and religion can co-exist, and more peacefully than they have been in recent years. Science clearly exists and affects our lives, and different religions exist to those who practice them and affect their lives in different ways.
So while he does lose some credibility, overall he makes a fair argument. The American education system needs to put more of an emphasis on science and letting kids know from a young age that it is everywhere.
