Jarimir said:
Critical thinking is the ability to sort through and understand information and the validity of the source. It's a failure of critical thinking to dismiss all outside sources, and be happy of knowing nothing. You may have What are you trying to justify? People are ignorant? Of course they are. It's okay to be ignorant, since that is simply being human and you are only truly stupid when you refuse to learn.
Most of us have understood, that the human race has problems and that it should prioritize. Don't congratulate yourself on stating the obvious. Your friends probably understand too.
The U.S should talk about something as complex as climate change, instead of being so backwards that there are still some people who are iffy about evolution. Instead of twisting themselves to appease special interest groups, politicians should take decisions to address real problems. The whole "human beings have to prioritize" spiel you're using, I think quite frankly is only a weak justification for being ignorant and for being apathetic.
As an addendum on the get "the disease rate to 0%", Plasmodium is a parasite responsible for malaria. It's a genus with four different species: Plasmodium falciparum, ovale, vivax and malarie. Each of them need different types of treatment, so properly identifying them is paramount. The problem though is dealing with malaira and any other diseases requires an understanding of genome structure and evolution. How do you propose curing any diseases, if the local infrastructure and experts know nothing of evolution?
Evolution isn't a "trifle", since evolution is the base of biology. If you don't understand evolution, you fail basic biology.
Scientific progress doesn't work where you just "focus" on something. We don't have "science points" to put into any particular goal, if you prefer game metaphors.
No one is forcing anyone here to know about evolution, despite the aggressive tone. This is a forum, a message board, an area where people communicate, not some city street. Perhaps that this is pointless. How many creationists are there? 3, maybe 4 or 5. This is a pretty pointless exercise, but it's the function of this forum, so talking about how we shouldn't even bother to correct misconceptions is useless.
The whole endpoint about nerds is unnecessary too. What should I say about the person who came in here to feel superior to "nerds", all the while being proud of their ignorance? Maybe some people here are just using this thread to wave around their basic schooling, but this certainly doesn't make you a better person either.