Richard Dawkins: One Fact to Refute Creationism

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/07/Richard_Dawkins_The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth

Biologist Richard Dawkins identifies what he views is the single most compelling fact to refute Creationism -- but states that the real problem lies in convincing Creationists to listen to the evidence. "What they do is simply stick their fingers in their ears and say 'La la la,'" says Dawkins. "You cannot argue with a mind like that."

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Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion created a storm of controversy over the question of God's existence. Now, in The Greatest Show on Earth, Dawkins presents a stunning counterattack against advocates of "Intelligent Design" that explains the evidence for evolution while keeping an eye trained on the absurdities of the creationist argument.

More than an argument of his own, it's a thrilling tour into our distant past and into the interstices of life on earth. Taking us through the case for evolution step-by-step, Dawkins looks at DNA, selective breeding, anatomical similarities, molecular family trees, geography, time, fossils, vestiges and imperfections, human evolution, and the formula for a strong scientific theory.

Dawkins' trademark wit and ferocity is joined by an infectious passion for the beauty and strangeness of the natural world, proving along the way that the mechanisms of the natural world are more miraculous -- a "greater show" -- than any creation story generated by any religion on earth. - Berkeley Arts and Letters

Richard Dawkins is a world-renowned evolutionary biologist and author. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and, until recently, held the Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His first book, The Selfish Gene, was an instant international bestseller, and has become an established classic work of modern evolutionary biology.

He is also the author of The Blind Watchmaker, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain, The Ancestor's Tale The God Delusion, and most recently, The Greatsest Show on Earth.

Professor Dawkins's awards have included the Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London (1989), the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Award (1990), the Nakayama Prize for Achievement in Human Science (1990), The International Cosmos Prize (1997) and the Kistler Prize (2001).

He has Honorary Doctorates in both literature and science, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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[Philodiogenes]

@isawman1 I don't need to believe in it, it has been observed. For example Calochortus selwayensis and Calochortus apiculatus in Montana. Here's a thought use google and save yourself another reeming. Go and have a read up on natural and man made hybrids before you make a decision if you want to have a go at making a cock of yourself again.

[Philodiogenes]

@isawman1 nope, reptile to reptilomorph (Westlothiana for example). The difference is a matter of a few bone structures. This is what i am saying, the difference between what is classed as an amphibian and what is classed as a reptile is all about small physiological differences. The earliest reptiles are really amphibians who adopt a dry land existence. Their morphology is remarkably close.

[parsivalshorse]

@2karriizman So what dickhead? A pure CO2 atmosphere would kill aerobes - what's your point? So what if O2 is toxic to anaerobes - they still exist .

[parsivalshorse]

@2karriizman "OXYGEN KILLS ANAEROBIC ORGANISMS YOU FOOL" - and yet they are still one of the most successful and populous organisms on Earth.

[Philodiogenes]

@isawman1 Fuck you are stupid. Really, do you actually understand why that is just appallingly fucktarded as a comment. Salamander speciation does nothing of the sort because reptiles did not evolve from salamanders. Even if they did you could still have salamanders and reptiles so you are just showing your ignorance of the theory. Seriously, go and read up on what evolution is before you open your head and look as confused as a skull fucked kitten. Pathetic

[DocReasonable]

@2karriizman

Looks like you're completely incapable of answering any INTELLIGENT questions.

So let's try this instead:

What's the biggest cock you've ever sucked?

[Jatz071]

@allieron What can one say about old Val....narcissistic.

[Philodiogenes]

@isawman1 What happens when the particle reaches the detection plate? What happens if a detector is placed at one of the slits?