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Model35mech

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24. Evolution deniers don't recognize evidence when they see it.
Sun Apr 21, 2024, 10:04 AM
Apr 21

The clever ones among them also redefine 'evolution' and 'evidence' and lean into apparent anomalies that underlie what they perceive to be currently held scientific understanding as they define it. Most of these sorts of approaches depend upon both lack of interpretive ability of their authors and supporters and approaches to evidence that produce, perhaps intentionally, misleading applications of rules of argumentation from outside of science.

The most recent approach is called "Intelligent Design". Wherein it's inventor, a lawyer, advocates with semantics tricks, such as suggesting the existence of undemonstrated evidence ("irreducible complexity) and the misapplication of rules of forensic argument. They insist that this non-evidentiary semantic slight ot hand creates doubt- that fully undermes evolutionary theory. But then they fail to ever show the existence of actual biological things that are irreducibly complex or that things which seem to have purpose could only be produced by a designer building into them an inherent 'purpose'.

All they've ever shown is their own failings of interpretive ability when it is applied to complex, highly ordered natural phenomena. Nonetheless they argue from their terribly weak position of understanding that evolutionists interpretation violates the principal of entropy in the laws of thermodynamics. They actually can't demonstrate positive evidence for a cosmic designer.

Instead, they appeal to popular general scientific ignorance and purposeful misinterpretation arising from the failings of their interpretive abilities.

The most UN-educated ones, who make up many of the ones with the loudest presence in society, remain entrenched in baseless theistic notions that biblical creation narratives are, actually, THE real evidence. And that THAT evidence was provided by an infallible the all-powerful all- knowing designer rather than ancient religious story tellers. They are ignore real cultural evidence in the creation narratives in the bible itself. That evidence illustrates that the creation myth was compiled by multiple bible authors' who mashed together differing versions of creation myths that are inconsistent and in conflict with each other, even as presented in the quite short length of the book of genesis.





Pandering to the religionists. sop Apr 21 #1
In Tuckem's case....Evolution NEVER took place... ProudMNDemocrat Apr 21 #2
Neanderthals were pretty damn cool. -misanthroptimist Apr 21 #19
Please do not insult Neanderthals. At best, he may be cro-magnon. niyad Apr 21 #27
In appearance. Not intellect. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 21 #34
cro-mangon is homo sapiens stopdiggin Apr 21 #46
He's proof that some of the monkeys.... lastlib Apr 21 #48
Tucker and Rogan True Dough Apr 21 #3
One waste of time and the other a waste and a waist of time? Wonder Why Apr 21 #17
and oxygen. niyad Apr 21 #28
Did Rogan push back? edhopper Apr 21 #4
He probably replied "Interesting.....". nt Carlitos Brigante Apr 21 #9
Just asking questions. So very edgy. 617Blue Apr 21 #12
Con artists collecting their money. Grifters. yardwork Apr 21 #26
Rogan is a f'ng A-hole...and right wing to his core. I listened to the podcast about gay Demsrule86 Apr 21 #41
That was for the benefit of all the MAGA suckers out there. eShirl Apr 21 #5
It was a donkey's talking behind... Hugin Apr 21 #6
He meant to say sellitman Apr 21 #7
What a coincidence! The shirt I am wearing says: Conjuay Apr 21 #8
What a whore he is PCIntern Apr 21 #10
Yet every discipline of science that can show evolution, in fact does. GreenWave Apr 21 #11
best answer stopdiggin Apr 21 #47
Tucker has no problem denying evolution. Haggard Celine Apr 21 #13
I swear sorcrow Apr 21 #14
I've discussed... Mike Nelson Apr 21 #15
How does he explain the Missing Link? C_U_L8R Apr 21 #16
MTG on endangered species list. oasis Apr 21 #20
His ignorance is painful to observe. -misanthroptimist Apr 21 #18
No evidence says he... genxlib Apr 21 #21
Another example -- the Florida snail kite evolves in less than a decade Ponietz Apr 21 #29
+1 n/t Hugin Apr 21 #32
Why do Christians ALWAYS diminish the powers of their god? PJMcK Apr 21 #22
I agree. Hugin Apr 21 #23
They don't want their god to be smarter than they are. yardwork Apr 21 #30
Their belief that they can force their God to bring about an apocalypse... Hugin Apr 21 #33
IMO, the lack of understanding humans fostered explanations in their own image Model35mech Apr 21 #36
It's certainly not all of us. dawg Apr 21 #39
Evolution deniers don't recognize evidence when they see it. Model35mech Apr 21 #24
👇👇👇👁️👁️ Goonch Apr 21 #25
But America is graced by the one tru gawd. Marcus IM Apr 21 #31
In reading through this thread, I am pleased to note that 4/20 was successfully celebrated... Hugin Apr 21 #35
If the alleged God invented people like Tucker and Trump, God needs to hire a new engineer. Ping Tung Apr 21 #37
"That's why it's still just a theory after almost 200 years." Jim__ Apr 21 #38
Tucker is just all around full of shit, LuvLoogie Apr 21 #40
Fossils: God's little jokes. nolabear Apr 21 #42
If they had cell phones in the year 1 we wouldn't have to kill each other over "the word of god." lindysalsagal Apr 21 #43
Yeah, the "God" app. Hugin Apr 21 #45
Tucker the Fuckwit who cheered after his brown-nosing Putin interview that "Leaders kill people" struggle4progress Apr 21 #44
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