horsegoeswest » Knocking down Irish Straw Men
Besides wondering how an individual who obviously lacks basic scientific knowledge could attain such a position (why else would he support the publication of this book unless he’s gone delusional), Conor lays out his own speicious list of why he thinks evolution is wrong. It’s an impressive lesson in what a straw man argument looks like. The straw man argument is a smear attempt – make an opponent appear to believe something and argue against those somethings – only the opponent in actuality has nothing to do with those beliefs.
Conner says that evolution:
1) It teaches us to be satisfied with – not understanding origins.
2) It promotes the dangerous nonsense of no first cause – no supreme
scientist and suggests order came from disorder.
3) It is a mataphysical speculation, a doctrine dressed up in scientific garb.
4) Anyone who teaches evolution is either ignorant or deliberately
suppressing the known scientific facts.
5) It is a toxic poisonous mind virus which destroys the hearts immune
system against hope and common sense.
6) It is an anaesthetic against reason.
7) It cripples sanity, promotes myths, obscures reality and elevates matter above a maker.
1) Last I checked biologists had yet to hoist a “Mission Accomplished” sign. Not one textbook says that science is satisfied, the whole fucking point of science is the continuing questioning and testing of ideas. A truly satisfied scientist is a dead scientist. In the course of 150 years since the publication of Darwin’s theories, massive amounts of information and refinements have been added to evolution theory. New doors continue to open, expanding the understanding and application of evolution. We are still scratching at the surface of a 4 billion year old process. Nope, biologists aren’t resting on their laurels and no one is claiming to be satisifed