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Darwin Day is a celebration of Charles Darwin's birthday, the theory of evolution and science in general. This year marks his 210th birthday and 160 years since the publication of The Origin of Species. Those looking to celebrate or learn more about Darwin and evolution will find a wealth of events going on, or if you'd rather not leave the house, try a Darwin Day card with designs generated by simulated evolution.
Recently, an important finding in man's evolution was announced; the so-called Missing Link was confirmed. Australopithecus Sediba fossils were found in 2010 but it took a decade of research and debate for scientists to confirm that this was indeed the missing link that connects man's evolution in an unbroken chain back to primate ancestors.
Not everyone is down with Darwin. The Pew Research Center reports, "In spite of the fact that evolutionary theory is accepted by all but a small number of scientists, it continues to be rejected by many Americans. In fact, about one-in-five U.S. adults reject the basic idea that life on Earth has evolved at all." In Indiana, senator Dennis Kruse introduced a bill that would, among other things, "require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including creation science."
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday February 11 2019, @06:17PM (4 children)
"hiding" ... ok then, AC.
You have to remember its the current year; in 2019 "being racist" merely means being well educated in biology or statistics. Or being relatively immune to logical fallacies in arguments. Or merely being white. Under 2019 definitions, sure, that's me alright. Its not exactly the old days of the Klan where being racist meant something a little more extreme.
You know you're on the correct side of the argument when all the logical arguments are finished and there's nothing left but shouting obscenities. I mean, sure most people of a civilized scientific bent traditionally said something more like "OK sure you convinced me of this plate tectonics thingie, we're all good now" but a good solid "FO" is apparently the modern translation.
Think for a bit about who benefits by comparing normal people, and normal centrist or slightly right wing opinions, to Jim Crow era lynch mobs. Who's getting legitimized here and who's getting delegitimized... Just saying, as a kinda right wing guy, this sorta thing is great PR for the right. Every time a leftist calls a Modern Mainstream Republican a Nazi or Racist or whatevs, another ten Trump voters appear, I love it. If someone would MAGA by calling me a Nazi, that would be great, thanks.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Monday February 11 2019, @07:53PM (2 children)
Oh, really? What exactly are your credentials? What degrees do you have? What are your published academic works on the subject? How long have you been using your knowledge in the fields of biology and statistics professionally?
Or, as I suspect is far more likely, is it that you spent your time reading a bunch of racist recruitment material somewhere on the Internet and have now decided that anything that disagrees with that must be wrong, never mind the facts?
I do agree there's no closet here, though. Except, of course, that VLM doesn't have the guts to identify himself and thus find out if his employer(s), friends, family, etc find his arguments compelling.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday February 12 2019, @02:26PM (1 child)
If your side of the argument has nothing beyond logical fallacies like appeal to authority, citation needed, namecalling, and threats of doxing, that means my side has already won, thanks!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 12 2019, @07:44PM
Believe that all you want, "your side" is a bunch of whiny entitled white boys who make up a small percentage of the population. No amount if "winning" on the internet will change that, and you should realize by now that every time you think you've "won" and gotten your "yummy liberal tears" it is just making someone angry that such idiots like you exist. Not exactly a real win just pissing people off, but it is better than your genocidal tendencies.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 11 2019, @07:56PM
haha no, I know I'm on the correct side of the argument because SCIENCE and because I pay attention to the racist shit you post. You've toned it down a lot recently, but as long as you keep engaging the topic I will be pointing out that your somewhat more reasonable arguments these days are still coming from a racist twat.
Maybe you're not racist and just an idiot who believes bad "science" from actual racist twats trying to confirm their discrimination.
Why just tell you to fuck off then instead of engaging your arguments? Cause it is tiresome, we've been over this many times before, and you just want a platform to spew your shitty arguments!! So "fuck off" is the most efficient reply.