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Buzzfeed today posted a list of 22 questions posed by creationists to Bill Nye the Science Guy. I was appalled by the utter lack of general literacy and basic knowledge of the world, as well as basic understanding of evolution itself that these people lack before even criticizing it. Before Bill answers them, here's my take: 1.Yes. Depends on how you define positive, but teaching scientific literacy and the capacity for critical thought is always a positive influence, especially in my mind. I don't know of the guy in the picture agrees though 2.Well, to be scared of it he'd probably have to believe in a Divine Creator. Refusing religious doctrine is not something he does out of fear of a creator. This is a fallacy called "begging the question": it implies Bill Nye believes in a creator to be able to fear it. Since he does not, it is a moot question. 3. It's not illogical. We as humans create things that are "mature", ...