Experiment:
Question: Do people who don't believe in evolution know what evolution is?
Background research: p99 forums, god threads, talking to charlatans, christians, and witch doctors.
Hypothesis: A persons belief in evolution is positively correlative to that persons understanding of evolution.
Tests:
a.) survey people who state they do not believe in evolution on their knowledge of evolution.
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Originally Posted by Nocturne
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There isn't any.
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Originally Posted by Black Jesus
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over infinite generations subtle changes lead to new organisms
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b.) summarize evolution to a similar degree of sophistication as the highest level found in a.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasbinbad
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Baseline genetic variation coupled with environmental change cause fast adaptation via natural selection, followed by long periods of stability.
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Analysis: In comparing the results from A and B, I notice a marked difference is sophistication. Coupled with a complete lack of any sort of useful working definition in group A.
Conclusion: People who do not believe in evolution do not understand evolution.