Bill Nye defends EvolutionFollow

What gave it away, my use of a Bushism?

They're hard to find because they only show up on election years.

Is that what he was doing in the Cayman Islands?

There are no scientists who think the Earth is flat. That would be a complete oxymoron (I don't think that's the right word, actually).

You could make a pretty solid case for things other than just natural selection occurring, as well. The people who want to "teach the controversy" want it to be as to whether Evolution happens at all. That's not really going to happen. There are more peer reviewed articles and physical evidence for Evolution than any other theory in science to date. This is not up for discussion.

Now if you want to ask if we know of the processes by which evolution can occur? That's where scientists go "I don't know" and then you can present a hypothesis and test it. That's where creationism fails. That's why it isn't science. That's why people like Bill Nye have to make statements like this.

Edited, Aug 30th 2012 3:00pm by Nilatai

I misread what she said. Painkillers FTW.

Alma.

I love Louis C.K. so much...

Well, in a thousand years or so once we've killed ourselves off, the Earth will recover from this failed evolutionary track and go on to something else. Dinos were around for millions of years and they had brains the size of walnuts. I believe we were a mistake.

For what it's worth, sexual selection is considered by many to be a subset of natural selection, since they both function in the same way for the same reason. Ever since the 80's, when gene-centric evolution came to light, it's been apparent that it wasn't so much about survival of the fittest, but survival of the horniest. Any assistance in finding a mate is a survival mechanism for your genes.

As far as humans go, there are certainly pressures acting upon us; they're merely different pressures. In fact, some scientists would argue that modern humanity is evolving at an accelerated pace.



Teehee.

It was a good read, but I was hoping for more examples.

Finite State Machines?

Maybe you were a mistake. I consider myself the product of what the world intended to created all along, and everyone else was just a stepping stone in the process to create me.