So What Gives? Poster

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So yeah, dinosaurs.
Some topics are a little awkward to discuss with true believers. Those who have really thought about it, know that you can’t just accept that dinosaurs roamed the earth millions of years ago. Not while fully believing in creationism and other Mormon teachings.
Isn’t it quite beautiful that the ancestors of the dinosaurs, the finches of Galapagos, were what spurred our understanding of evolution?
Hint: the two colorways are Darwin’s fav colors (nerd alert)
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🎨 Printed on archival matte paper
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So yeah, dinosaurs.
Some topics are a little awkward to discuss with true believers. Those who have really thought about it, know that you can’t just accept that dinosaurs roamed the earth millions of years ago. Not while fully believing in creationism and other Mormon teachings.
Isn’t it quite beautiful that the ancestors of the dinosaurs, the finches of Galapagos, were what spurred our understanding of evolution?
Hint: the two colorways are Darwin’s fav colors (nerd alert)

So What Gives? - The Essay

“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.”

-Charles Darwin

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An adult relative once told me that dinosaurs never lived on Earth.

He was 100% serious. He claimed that meteorites had brought dinosaur fossils to Earth and embedded them in Earth’s crust. Given the vast amount of evidence contradicting this idea, you might wonder how this is even possible to believe. His worldview didn’t allow for evolution or dinosaurs to exist. The depth of his belief in creationism and young earth blinded him to contrary evidence.

So what gives?

There are excellent explanations in psychology. Two related concepts, cognitive dissonance and knowledge shields clearly explain what was happening with my relatives’ beliefs. More broadly, they shed light on why changing beliefs is so difficult. Beyond these psychological theories, changing beliefs often leads to personal consequences like losing relationships and social circles, and stepping into uncertainty. While this process can be harrowing, the rewards can be some of life's greatest “blessings.”

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