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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I see you've never dealt with a creationist! I found it funny because he could have picked any other animal but he picked a whale which is so far out there.

My older brother was a Mormon. Before he "converted" I remember him teaching me about why giraffes necks could be long and such (he was wrong as we have newer theories now anywho). I remember like a few months after he spent time with the elders he came back and said something like, "you know why I don't believe in evolution? because it's not like eskimos have thicker skin or anything".

I've been fascinated with creationism after all these interactions so listened to talks with Richard Dawkins and Kenneth Miller and such for years afterwards.

It's really interesting as well because you can see the Republican playbook used for evolution for so many things afterwards. Also, things like singing songs to kids about how dinosaurs were in the Bible and stuff crazy stuff.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

The Nepali have genetically adapted to living in low oxygen conditions. They literally have thicker blood than the rest of us. Evolution at work.