Why do people laugh at creationists? (part 13).

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Part of a superb series of videos exposing the funny stupidity of creationists and why they deserve to be laughed at. In each case the creationist statements are shown to be outrageously stupid by even the most rudimentary knowledge of science.

In this episode it is shown the creationist organization The Discovery Institute use their willful ignorance of DNA as 'evidence' that DNA is designed. The callow argument is simple to counter in that take an object such as a beach, ignore everything you know about beach formation, make some bogus calculation to show that it can't happen 'by chance', then conclude the Neptune, Lord of the sea did it.
It is also highlighted that the creationist organization, The Discovery Institute seems to have an irrational fear of sworn testimony. An interesting phobia given that meant that even though they are the chief proponents of intelligent design, and that they were enlisted in professional witnesses in the Dover vs Kitzmiller trial, they all withdrew at short notice (presumably sensing the inevitable humiliating rout of creationist/ intelligent design), and then started grousing that the ruling was all the fault of the judge.

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• DN

[DIGITALSCREAMS]

@scribbie145 If you present a weak baseless argument he thunderfucks you back into the stone age?

[thegameulost]

@mail2mildner

Look at your arms and legs. There is a thin coat of hair on them (unless you shave them, wax them, burned them off with nair, or lasered the follicles away), is that correct? This is basically vestigial fur. That layer is too thin to do shit for dick to insulate you, so it offers no advantage, and is in fact a waste of the body's resources to make. A competent engineer would never incorporate that into an intelligent design. It only makes sense as an evolutionary vestige.

[HimesInu]

Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Tale of Two Cities were all written by humans through the power of the human imagination. Therefore, the Bible, Torah, and Quran can also be said to be wriiten by humans through the power of the human imagination.

[dorsk188]

@thegameulost Forget adult hair, the fetus grows a coat of fur called lanugo, which then falls out before its born. Whatever minor uses human body hair may or may not have, fetal body hair is truly pointless.

[Logic4Win]

@thegameulost "This is basically vestigial fur.., so it offers no advantage, and is in fact a waste of the body's resources to make."

Human hair actually does it's part in wicking water off the surface of the skin, and improving the body's self cooling through evaporation. Not very well mind you, but it does its part.

[riseredeos]

@thegameulost Yeah it doesn't insulate, but I disagree that it has no advantage. Just because our senses or physical attributes don't seem to be as highly specialized as other mammals, doesn't mean we don't rely on them and they aren't useful. It's just less useful at a long length.

[Logic4Win]

@mail2mildner " the point I was making was only the fact that this dark matter is clearly accepted as a fact though God is not." The only reason Dark Matter is getting recognition stems from the repeat-ability of it's affects, and in some cases the predictive 'tools' that the Dark Matter Model provides for other scientists to use. The 'God Idea' (it's not even a hypothesis really) hasn't been delivering results in that way so it's just not used. Science only cares about what consistently works.

[Logic4Win]

@mail2mildner "the point I was making was only the fact that this dark matter is clearly accepted as a fact though God is not. Even though intelligent design is found everywere." As I said, many good scientists feel the same as you. It doesn't stop their work. The issue is that even if you are right, the observation itself doesn't provide any new Theories/Tools/Proceedures that produce useful results for other scientists. It's not a part of Science the way a mouse can't be part of a car engine.

[Logic4Win]

@mail2mildner "You try too hard to sound smart" I'm just trying to fit very complex explanations into just a few sentences. It's tricky work, and I grasp for the big 'fancy' words to help make them fit. Sorry. Nothing worth understanding in science is understood easily or intuitively. It's sincere work, and accuracy and honesty matter.

[Logic4Win]

@mail2mildner "ok but then I would like to know why so many people base their scientific knowlage on a theory that has not been proven with tangeble evidence." There are strong Theories and Weak ones. Many are understood by scientists to be incomplete. Their strength rests in how well they help make testable predictions. Most Creationists are grossly misinformed and ignorant about which Theories are strong or weak. Example: Gravity Theory is MUCH weaker than Evolution Theory. But it still works.

[mail2mildner]

@logic4win I think I made a mistake in accusing your facts(get your facts straight comment) you are right that dark matter is not understood and therefor not clearly explained... I missread your comment....but anyway the point I was making was only the fact that this dark matter is clearly accepted as a fact though God is not. Even though intelligent design is found everywere.

[mail2mildner]

@logic4win now you explaibed uourself and I can answer again. First get your facts straight. Dark matter is only confirmed because we acknolage the effect it causes. So we see the immense complexity of creation and order in the universe and can therefor conclude the existance of a designer. You try too hard to sound smart that you miss the point.