[metmom]

Science did do well before Darwin’s theory was published, but that doesn’t mean that we should go back to teaching that diseases come from an imbalance of the four humors, that the four basic elements are earth, wind, water, and fire, and the phlogiston theory.

Um, that WAS the science of the day.

You can't blame those on creationism.

[goodusername]

“Um, that WAS the science of the day.
You can’t blame those on creationism.”

—Exactly. Just because science did well in 1800, doesn’t mean we should go back to teaching science as if it was 1800.