On Willy Wright's Spore

There is a new game called Spore that will be shipped on September 7th. The game allows the player to guide the evolution of a species from primordial ooze to interstellar travel. Of course, there are going to be people who don't like it for the evolution part.

Personally, I think it's silly to get up in arms over the theory of evolution. It's a theory, and something could always come along and start the course of the theory's revision or rejection. I personally don't think evolution goes against having some intelligent designer behind it.

The game's popularity may start the whole "OMG should evolution be taught in school?!?!!1!1!!" debate, and this is where I stand: evolution is a scientific theory, and can be taught in science class. It is also not a first cause theory, as it only covers the evolution of organisms. Intelligent design by the way people take it implies a being much more powerful than ourselves. Since people assume that this being is a deity, the idea fits nicely in a world beliefs class--unless you think that super-duper powerful aliens genetically modified humans to be what they are. In that case, this page may be more suitable for your needs.

Oh, yes, I am going to play Spore when I get it. It's going to be hard waiting to get to play it on non-coursework days.