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The evolutionary knot

Started by paulmwatson · 10 ヶ月 ago

People who think evolution is a load of crock often use Lego to highlight how building bricks randomly bumped together don’t form anything. They transfer this to the elements, molecules and other chemistry matters on which Lego has little bearing. Their arguement is that if Lego can& ... Continue reading »

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  • hehe, nice one Stone. Glad I am not the only one who has thought of this. You know what they say, great minds think alike, and fools seldom differ.
  • While I don't believe in macro-evolution, I have always found that argument funny for exactly the same reasons. Heck, one time I was playing devil's advocate for evolution with a student here at UCSD. When he brought up the lego example, I just pulled out my headphones and said "I didn't arrange them like this."

    He didn't really have a response.

    That's when I let him know that I was only playing devil's advocate. I know. I'm mean. :-p

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