tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post5873483871785968863..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: E. coli, Mike Walsworth, and the Straw Man fallacyGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-91848775486468236242013-01-24T04:30:21.588-08:002013-01-24T04:30:21.588-08:00Yup. Smushed rocks = pigeon. That's the firs...Yup. Smushed rocks = pigeon. That's the first thing you learn in classes in evolutionary biology. *headdesk*Gordon Bonnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-22969961144716753562013-01-24T03:25:58.553-08:002013-01-24T03:25:58.553-08:00My favourite straw man evolution argument came fro...My favourite straw man evolution argument came from my A-level religious studies class, in which there was a Christian who actually asked, "So you're happy to believe that at some point some rocks just smushed together, and suddenly became a pigeon?"<br /><br />This from a guy who genuinely believed that God just smushed some clay together and made a man... I'll admit, sometimes creationists try even *my* patience.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677076598470332030noreply@blogger.com