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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: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Tuesday February 12 2019, @12:36PM (6 children)
And your solution was voting? So you vote for politicians/councils, which appoint education boards, which budget school boards, which employ teachers.
That's 4 levels of indirection.
Fucking big mote in your eye, Buzz, you should get that seen to.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 1, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday February 12 2019, @02:48PM (5 children)
You're misunderstanding and I have something else I want to properly think out that's clogging up the ole gray matter at the moment, so I'm not going to attempt to disabuse you of your misconceptions today.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 12 2019, @07:55PM (1 child)
lawl what a toooool
Buzzy my boy, human society by definition requires some degree of authoritarianism. Dismissing every aspect of authoritarianism as bad you end up with pure anarchy.
Obviously you just want to spout your Libertarian R-tardity with "I'm right and you're stupid, here let me just deny your arguments repeatedly so I sound like I know what I'm talking about!"
Blech, what a toad
(Score: 1, Redundant) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 14 2019, @11:47AM
Lying about my positions isn't going to change the absurdity of your own, sorry.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 13 2019, @05:38PM (2 children)
See? It's not just me calling you out for being an utter nullity who pulls a flatulent Brave Sir Robin impression every time you fuck up and lose. You're full of shit and everyone is starting to see it now. Looks like I was just an early adopter.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 14 2019, @11:46AM (1 child)
No, darlin, as I already mentioned to FatPhil on IRC, this was not a blow-off. It was a "that made me think of something much more fundamental that I really want to get thought out and written down". Debating FatPhil I actually put some amount of thought and effort into. He's worth it because he does the same in return. You get a reply because you require less than I put into deciding what to have for lunch and aren't really even worth that.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday February 14 2019, @10:56PM
We all know that instead of food you just shove your head all the way up your fat feathered arse and fart a few times, Uzzard. The site's population as a whole has had plenty of time to see how you post, how I post, how we post in opposition, and has rendered judgment several times already. Several people have called you out already on your tendency to do the equivalent of what a panicked squid does when someone traps you in your own bullshit. Posts like this one from you just now not only don't do you any favors, they make you look worse.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...