On Sunday we all went to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ. When going through one of the exhibits, I noticed a stira between two of the exhibits.
One of them said that the sea horse and the Pipefish are the only two species where the male is the one that gives birth.
Later, at another exhibit, the sign said that only by sea horses is the male able to give birth.
If in a aquarium, which is put together by experts in the field, cannot keep their facts consistent, what hope is there for the media, where people have no real expertise in the history and background of the areas they are sent to cover.
The people who put together the aquarium have no agenda; we can't say the same about the New York Times.
As I was writing this post, I think I figured out the issue. It turns out that pipefish belong to the same family as the seahorse.
Seems like the name 'sea horse' is sometimes used generically to cover other groups.
Kind of like the term 'Palestinian.'
UPDATE
Instapundit has the following from The New York Times
Dr. Miller's data reveal some yawning gaps in basic knowledge. American adults in general do not understand what molecules are (other than that they are really small). Fewer than a third can identify DNA as a key to heredity. Only about 10 percent know what radiation is. One adult American in five thinks the Sun revolves around the Earth, an idea science had abandoned by the 17th century.
If people lack a basic awareness of concrete facts, what hope is there that they will understand such things as the difference between "Occupation" and "Disputed Territories" or the history of "Palestine"? The Palestinian Arabs' propaganda works primarily on the gut emotional level, with "facts" thrown in afterwards.
The sort of things that can fit on a bumper sticker.
We are just getting past the point where our hasbara just fits in a small book.
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