You thin k the state of Math/Science education in this country is well and good?
Spending time debunking something when most students will graduate without understanding what a cell is is clearly a waste.
I read a few years ago where about 40% of the kids in high school couldn't find the Pacific Ocean on a map! (I kid you not - it was a Wall Street Journal editorial). And you expect rational discourse and debate in a science subject? At the high school level the best you can do is give kids a knowledge base on which to further build. Asking more than that is unrealistic, given our schools, and would only serve to further confuse.
Low expectations (both of the school system and it's students) are poison to our civilization.