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I don't know why I would expect MSN to support anything other than Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player...
So, what's the gist of the video?
I think it depends on what you think the purpose of a highschool science education is supposed to be. If you think it's purpose is to teach kids to think about the world skeptically and analytically... ignoring the fact that schools generally fail at this anyway, creationism offers a good example of how people can put together a convincing sounding bit of sophistry by exploiting common misunderstandings.
By discussing creationism you can teach kids how to think critically, and point out the exact misconcept being exploited... and so ensure the kids have the correct concept and maybe prevent them from being taken in by similar scams.
The only real danger is people getting the mistaken impression that creationism is anywhere near an equal footing with actual science.
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