And now to the Republican debate on MSNBC – except, I just have to say, did you see that three Republicans raised their hands to signify that they did not believe in evolution?
From what I could see, it wasn’t Giuliani or McCain and I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Romney at the other end. But three others Republican candidates did raise their hands. (They have been identified as Sen. Sam Brownback, Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Rep. Tom Tancredo.) The mind boggles – I thought for a second I was watching The Tudors, except then it would have been more entertaining…
I admit it. I didn’t watch either of the so-called debates. If there was any promise of issues considered beyond sound bites – or political conviction overruling speech writers – I might have given it a try.
As I’ve linked above, there can be the rare surprising moment of clarity – scarey though it may be in illustrating just how backwards these demagogues have become. Of course, even scarier is the number of Americans equally out of touch with science and reality.
So how do you explain Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, etc. Jim Hines?
Regarding Stephen J. Gould and the proof of evolution. Seems like he promoted punctuated equilibrium, when the rest of the evolution camp was promoting gradual evolution.
And this is proven???
Get real, the pseudo science camp places faith in evolution because that’s their preference. Your proof is nothing more than inference from observable evidence. In my book inference isn’t proof.
You can choose to believe in evolution if you like, but stop and think please. You are no better than the catholics during the time of galileo. Shut down anyone who disagrees.
Ugggghhhhh. And you claim to be open minded.
Misanthropic Scott,
birds with a bigger beak, wow. So impressive. for a minute i thought you were citing something interesting, but nope, Emporer still has no clothes…
#42 – Brock,
Punctuated equilibrium is only about the speed of speciation. There is no dispute about the existence of evolution.
#40 – Jim Himes,
Sorry. If you feel the need to believe that you were specially created by god, why should I take that away from you?
#43 – Joshua Caleb,
That is what evolution is all about. Incremental change. If you want to see a crocodile turn into a duck, you’ve got a huge misunderstanding about evolution.
#40
How do you explain the fact that the DNA of chimps and humans are 98% identical? How do you explain the fact that we have evidence of different species of humans such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis? Homo sapiens are just one of a long line of evolutionary changes that resulted in many other species of human being failing to survive. The evidence that man, just like all other animals, evolved is also overwhelming. Go to TalkOrigins.org for more.
#42
Your remarks show an ignorance of what is meant in the scientific community by “evolution.” Are we talking about the observable fact that species evolve or are we talking about the theories that explain how and how fast evolution occurs?