actually, no one "believes in" evolution. One can only understand it. And i don't even have to understand every single bit of evidence proving evolution, I just understand enough of it to see it's plainly true.
I never said "believes in," though I did say the word believe. As in yes, I believe (think) species have evolved. I don't hold this as a "belief" as in religion, but rather based upon thought over the science and evidence presented.
EDIT: I did actually say "believe in." My bad. I just saw that in a re-read. Can we consider it a typo by me? :-D
and you have to wonder at the idiots who don't see through the koch bros attempts to cover up Global Change. They and other bastards spend ONE BILLION $$$$ lying to the entire planet.......if it isn't true, WHY spend all that money???? I mean the Evidence would be obvious! Except the evidence proves Climate Change. The people NOT seeing this are not interested in evidence. They aren't using their temporal lobes at all.
That's an interesting take, but a much less cut-and-dried issue.
Why do pharmaceutical companies spend millions of dollars funding studies that show no link between vaccines and autism, then? Why spend all that money? Shouldn't the evidence be obvious? That money spent is to protect their own interests, of course. It just happens that the facts really are on their side, this time.
"Obvious" is often the worst enemy of real science and facts.
The trick is to first separate the real science from the studies designed to give a certain result. Something that is much easier said than done. Even experts in their respective fields sometimes have difficulty separating these studies.
And, to further muddle the issue of Climate Change... Say we manage to figure out which studies are accurate... The next problem is how do we take and apply them into policy that may help the situation? Again, more money and wrangling. And the established powers have a big self-interest, again. Of course, it may not even be a bad one. If you're driving a car that is sliding down an icy hill, jamming the brakes and yanking the wheel sideways may not be the best idea...
Money behind a stance doesn't necessarily make it right or wrong. It may indicate an area you should pay additional care to investigate, but nothing more.
But all that is a distraction from what I was trying to get to, here. In the case of evolution... There are no actual studies of any credibility, whatsoever, that seem to support creationism. Is this the one thing all Whyzzat could agree on?
