U. of Minnesota Biologist Destroys Evolution Denier

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U. of Minnesota Biologist Destroys Evolution Denier

PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

I get email
Posted on: December 15, 2009 9:11 AM, by PZ Myers

I am often chided by morons.

Consistent

Dear Mr. Myers,

To be wrong is always acceptable, because we are human. But, to be consistently wrong, especially when you call yourself a Professor, is going way beyond the bounds of good sense. Anyone who even gives ear to people such as Dawkins and Kitchens is no less than a fool. There is nothing wrong with being a fool, but teaching others to be one is unacceptable and irresponsible, at the very least. Furthermore, to have a degree or degrees in biology and to still believe in Darwinian theory, shows ignorance in the worst degree. Macro evolution is founded on absolutely nothing but blind faith. No evidence has ever been provided for it. Several hokes and false attempts, but no real evidence. A large group of sciences, including biologists, have concluded that the theory is false. Why, other than you can make a living no way else, that a professional biologist would continue on with such a shenanigan, is beyond comprehension. It is a poison to society and you are one who doses it out. As common as a drug dealer. I hope you will come to your senses, as a thinking rational man, before too long. If it is the result of bitterness about something in your past...get over it.

Sincerely,
Michael Aprile

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I've split half-billion year old stones to expose the shells of trilobites, I've seen the bones of Tiktaalik, I've held in my hands the skull of Neanderthal. I've compared the genes of mice and flies, I've studied the embryos of grasshoppers and fish, I've read thousands of papers produced by a scientific community that values curiosity over money. I've also read dozens of books by creationists, and I can say with complete confidence that they, and you, Mr Michael Aprile, are full of shit.

You write chastising email built out of condescending ignorance, and can't even be troubled to check the spelling and grammar. You claim there is no evidence for evolution, when you haven't even looked. All those people with degrees in biology know genetics, molecular biology, anatomy, physiology, and ecology — what do you know, Mr Aprile? The science points ineluctably to evolution as a fact, as the mechanism for biological change over time. The only people who argue otherwise, and that includes those 'sciences' you claim have concluded that the theory is false, are ideologues who have had their brains addled by non-scientific presuppositions, and who have decided that their fallacious traditional myths must supersede observation and evidence.

The professional biologists whose work you do not comprehend are not spreading poison or drugs: they are sharing knowledge. I know you find that anathema, since it directly displaces the ignorance you and your religion thrive on, but I do not concede an iota of respect to your stupidity, and will be spending the rest of my life opposing it.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/12/i_get_email_51.php