Utah Senator anti-firewater, pro-thunderstick
This is absolutely amazing. On so many levels. First is the distinguished gentleman's fundamental misunderstanding of what evolution is. Or rather what evolution isn't:
I realize that is a dramatic statement, so to be clear, let me restate: There is zero scientific fossil evidence that demonstrates organic evolutionary linkage between primates and man.
I realize that D. Chris Buttars is a blooming idiot, so to be clear, let me point out: No evolutionary claim has ever been made that man is "descended from apes." We aren't descendants of Neanderthals, the Cro-Magnon, baboons, mandrills (well, maybe Jeff Gannon--*zing!*), orangutans, or any sort of primate.
Since he's having this op-ed 'science' piece published in a national paper, he must know that. Right? Let's take a look:
Darwin's famous The Origin of Species concludes that over eons of time, and through countless mutations, man evolved from an ape-like ancestor.
A-ha! So he admits that there is no correlation between man and ape in the idea of evolution itself. He's just being clever with his wording in order to misrepresent evolution. Let's read on to see if we can find a confirmation of my hypothesis:
It takes an enormous leap of faith (oh my, there's one of those terrible religious words!) to conclude that man evolved from ape without any empirical fossil evidence.
Oh... guess I was wrong. He really doesn't have any idea what he's talking about. To sum up, the US has explored another planet via robotic vehicles, created a weapon capable of killing millions within a matter of seconds, and introduced technology that allows us to communicate with someone on the opposite side of the world instantaneously. But the president of the US and his cronies are still sold on the idea that the earth might just be three thousand years old, and there wouldn't be any animals today if some nice man hadn't put a pair of each critter on his big boat-- estimates vary, but it would have been between 4 million and 200 million animals. That's an awful lot of doo-doo to clean up for forty days!
And the press, 80 YEARS after the Scopes trial, is actually referring to this as a "debate." In the United States. Today.
I realize that is a dramatic statement, so to be clear, let me restate: There is zero scientific fossil evidence that demonstrates organic evolutionary linkage between primates and man.
I realize that D. Chris Buttars is a blooming idiot, so to be clear, let me point out: No evolutionary claim has ever been made that man is "descended from apes." We aren't descendants of Neanderthals, the Cro-Magnon, baboons, mandrills (well, maybe Jeff Gannon--*zing!*), orangutans, or any sort of primate.
Since he's having this op-ed 'science' piece published in a national paper, he must know that. Right? Let's take a look:
Darwin's famous The Origin of Species concludes that over eons of time, and through countless mutations, man evolved from an ape-like ancestor.
A-ha! So he admits that there is no correlation between man and ape in the idea of evolution itself. He's just being clever with his wording in order to misrepresent evolution. Let's read on to see if we can find a confirmation of my hypothesis:
It takes an enormous leap of faith (oh my, there's one of those terrible religious words!) to conclude that man evolved from ape without any empirical fossil evidence.
Oh... guess I was wrong. He really doesn't have any idea what he's talking about. To sum up, the US has explored another planet via robotic vehicles, created a weapon capable of killing millions within a matter of seconds, and introduced technology that allows us to communicate with someone on the opposite side of the world instantaneously. But the president of the US and his cronies are still sold on the idea that the earth might just be three thousand years old, and there wouldn't be any animals today if some nice man hadn't put a pair of each critter on his big boat-- estimates vary, but it would have been between 4 million and 200 million animals. That's an awful lot of doo-doo to clean up for forty days!
And the press, 80 YEARS after the Scopes trial, is actually referring to this as a "debate." In the United States. Today.
posted by Matt Sandwich | 3:17 PM
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