Survival of the fittest says the fittest will survive and reproduce but it defines the fittest as the ones who survive and reproduce. This argument claims the the phrase "survival of the fittest" is circular reasoning. Circular reasoning (or circular argument or begging the question) is an argument where the premise is the conclusion. Example: [...]
Stupid Creationist Arguments 24: Survival of The Fittest Is Circular
| January 13th, 2010Stupid Creationist Arguments 15: Evolution is Racist
| December 31st, 2009First of all the theory of evolution explains the fact of evolution (observations of populations changing over multiple generations) with random mutation and natural selection. There is no scientific basis for racism. The first faulty basis for this stupid argument is the claim that Darwin was racist. I dealt with the claim in part 14.
Stupid Creationist Arguments 14: Darwin was Racist
| December 30th, 2009When Darwin love the majority of English men where racist. While that in no way shape or form justifies racism the time , place and people hysterical figure lived around must be taken into account when discussing them and their beliefs Was Darwin a racist? Yes, yes he was. Does that have anything to do [...]
Stupid Creationist Arguments 4: Not So Irreducible Complexity
| November 7th, 2009The irreducible complexity argument was developed by Michael Behe and first used in his book Darwin's Black Box. The argument is that some biological systems are so complex that they can not have evolved though mutation and natural selection; it you remove one peace, it brakes, it no longer functions. Creationists often use the analogy [...]































