/sci/ - Science & Math

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>>9619990
the evidence is there in the fossil record...creationists just handwave it away or outright deny it exists, like they do all evidence that contradicts them. pic related.

>>9027675
A picture is worth a thousand words

>>8994415
>Equates evolution by natural selection to random chance or chaos.
Mutation is (mostly) random. Selection is non-random. Next!
>Where are all the missing links?
In the fossil record. We have way more of them now than we used to. But when Creationists are presented with an intermediate Z between X and Y, they then demand that we produce an intermediate W between X and Z and an intermediate V between Z and Y. It's an outrageous example of goalpost-moving, pic related.
>Claims the theory of evolution has become sacrosanct.
Creationists don't get laughed out of academia for rejecting evolution; they get laughed out of academia for rejecting evolution without basing that opinion on evidence. If someone showed up with conclusive evidence against evolution, we'd listen. But oddly enough, nobody yet has.
>Claims the theory of evolution has no practical uses.
This has no bearing on whether or not evolution is real, but it also happens to be hilariously false. Understanding the mechanisms of evolution and how selection works allows us to predict the emergence of resistance in pests, weeds, and pathogens, and tailor our control methods to limit it. The reason patients are treated with multi-drug antibiotic cocktails is because it's harder for bacteria to simultaneously evolve resistance to multiple antibiotics than to a single one.
>Claims Darwin recanted on his deathbed.
A malicious rumor spread by the evangelist Elizabeth Cotton, Lady Hope. Darwin's daughter Henrietta, who was present at his deathbed, conclusively and vehemently rejected this claim.

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>>8761906
this sentiment, now available in image form!

>>8493773
Let me resume it.