With stories like today's about Christians suing the University of California I have to say I was somewhat pleased to hear a story on the BBC World programme that effectively said "Intelligent design is not economically viable. Furthermore it wasn't just the "liberal media" or BBC making it up, it actually came from a Republican business man from Kansas.

You see the BBC was covering the great moral debate that is in the forefront of American minds - intelligent design vs. evolution. Yes my home country just loves to lampoon those whacky Americans with their tongues firmly in cheek - except this time I just don't think they realize how serious it is. However in focusing on Kansas, in particular the latest shenanigans of the Kansas School Board, they were able to unearth a strange new development - Republicans who are starting to realize all this intelligent design mallarchy is ultimately going to hurt their pocket book.

You see Kansas has quite a lively biotech industry and is trying to nurture its development, but unfortunately investors are starting to raise more than an eyebrow or two over Kansas' anti-science jihad. Republican business boosters are noticing this and beginning to see red flags over continued vilification of science in Kansas. Apparently last time this flame war got out of control neighboring states even started considering extra testing for Kansas science students wishing to transfer into their area.

I have to say, if people from Kansas are hell-bent (pun intended) in polluting, diluting and basically denying scientific principles that have defined pretty much every facet of human development in the last two hundred years, well then they should probably head over to Amish country and adopt a lifestyle without science, modern medicine and you bettcha, the Internet. That's a valid lifestyle to choose and you're welcome to it, I won't even both trying to convince you otherwise. But don't come running to us belivers in science (not to be confused with scientologists) asking for a vaccination, antibiotics, car, computer, fertilizer, or even a gun of the hand to go hunting with. No, its just rice and beans for you - that's the way it was designed to be right?

Still, with people starting to realize that supporting Intelligent Design might actually hurt their pocket books, maybe none of this will be a problem for much longer. Since the human spieces evolved to a point where it could defy mother nature to a great extect effects of natural selection pretty much came to a standstill. However in its place the effects of economic selection have replaced it. The upshot is that those countries and governments that are found to be economically inferior will wither and die.

Just ask yourselves what happened to the Roman Empire, French Empire, the German Empire, the Russian Empire or the British Empire... all pretty much dead as doornails because they were not economically sustainable. This is the fate that awaits a nation that decides that science has nothing to offer it while all of the rest of the world gets on an innovates it into extinction economically. Of course if we all want to run back to an agrarian culture with about 1/10th the population we have now that's fair enough - it sort of worked for Cuba right? But some how I don't think your average Monday night football and pizza loving American wants - do you?

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