Seems like apes can do everything we can...except evolve, must be that 1% of DNA that make us different
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We are apes! Some of us are particularly ignorant apes that aren't aware of the unshakeable requirements of a scientific theory, or that there are billions of facts that support evolution.
Find out what the facts are before denying anything. You don't believe we evolved from apes? Neither do most folks. Some however believe that humans and apes (which we are part of by the way) descended from a common ancestor. Maybe this is the root of your confusion?
The ToE doesn't say we evolved from gorillas or chimpanzees, just that we share common ancestry with the other currently existing apes. As has been pointed out, humans are apes (hominidae homo sapien sapien.)
Is it just me, or do a disproportionate number of the people unable to grasp the concept of a scientific theory, such as the Theory of Evolution, come from the USA?
@Hadanelith
Apes, lacking full sentience, have an inability to learn things like physics.
Berny said: "Is it just me, or do a disproportionate number of the people unable to grasp the concept of a scientific theory, such as the Theory of Evolution, come from the USA?
Lobe, the "missing link" thing is a Fundie Favourite - whenever anyone finds a transitional fossil between two species, the fundies insist that that too is a unique species and then demand further transitional fossils between the former transitional fossil and the two it bridges. Unfortunately, no one's yet found a way of adequately explaining to them that a finite value less than 100% supportive evidence should probably not be always rounded down to 0%.
I wonder, given the intelligence and sentience of modern H. homo sapiens - not to mention the technological progress we have made - whether or not it is actually possible to choose to participate in evolution.
This guy sucks the philosophy right out of that question.
Brain_In_A_Jar
Lobe, the "missing link" thing is a Fundie Favourite - whenever anyone finds a transitional fossil between two species, the fundies insist that that too is a unique species and then demand further transitional fossils between the former transitional fossil and the two it bridges. Unfortunately, no one's yet found a way of adequately explaining to them that a finite value less than 100% supportive evidence should probably not be always rounded down to 0%.
Not to mention that, any time the slightest flaw, hole, or just anything that doesn't sound as appealing is IMMEDIATELY replaced by the AMAZINGLY sound theory that we were just poofed into existence by some guy in the clouds who got bored one day.
Clearly, you need to learn what constitutes a scientific theory. In layman's terms, if something in science is a "theory", it's a FACT!!!!!
I'm sure if by some strange reason, the biologists decide to change the name from "Theory of Evolution" to "Law of Evolution" to end the "i'ts just a theory" thing. the creationists will come criying "They are tryin to impose evolution now!! HELP, WE'ARE BEGIN OPRESSED!!" Even Pope John Paul II sayed that evolution is "more than a hypothesis". Why are these people so stunborn? It'isn evolution part of the glory of the creation? I like to think it so...
PD: Sorry for my bad english, i'm from Argentina, but I think that I maked my point clear.
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So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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