Well, I won't hold my breath either. But I am curious - if you're a creationist, what evidence would convince you that evolution was true? Is there any evidence that would do that for you - or is you belief based on something other than evidence? I ask because scientists keep piling on more and more evidence supporting evolution, but that evidence has absolutely no effect on the general public. If it's important for people to recognize the truth of evolution (and I think it is), what can scientists do to change the game?
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Beyond a reasonable doubt ...
One of my former colleagues just emailed an abstract of a recently-published article about the evidence supporting common descent of proteins with similar functions in different species. The article is entitled "Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Evolution from DNA Sequences" and the authors clearly believe that they've put the final nail in the Creationism coffin, or at least provided conclusive evidence in support of evolution that no reasonable person could deny. I posted a link to the article on a message board where "evolutionists" and "creationists" keep banging heads, generating more heat than light; the response from "evolutionists" was "I won't hold my breath" (in terms of convincing creationists that evolution is as true as anything in science). So far, no response from creationists.
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