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Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Magical Realist - Jan 20, 2026
What a dolt...
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"Tucker is making the claim that there’s no evidence for evolution because there aren’t fossils. And he suggests that God just created man as we are.
Evidence to support evolution:
1. Fossil Record: We have animal fossils going back 500-600 million years that show the order of species.
Species found deeper in older rock existed earlier in Earth’s history. Transitional forms appear exactly where evolution predicts: fish that are becoming amphibians, dinosaurs growing feathers, land mammals turning into whales. The order is universal across Earth.
2. Genetics: Every organism on Earth uses the same code: the same 20 amino acids & the same molecular machinery.
This is exactly what you would expect from a single common ancestor. If life had multiple independent origins, we’d expect totally different codes.
We share DNA with species. ~99% of genes with chimps, ~96% with gorillas, ~85% with mice, ~60% with fruit flies, ~30% with yeast. The farther back a species branched from humans on the evolutionary tree, the less DNA we share.
We can also trace mutations in DNA. For example, you can show how gorillas and humans split from the same ancestor through the mutation of the GULO gene on the same chromosome. This mutation inhibits the endogenous production of Vitamin C.
3. Biogeography: Ever wonder why there are only marsupials in Australia? Because that continent drifted away, and that infraclass of species evolved separately from all others.
4. Vestigial characteristics: ever wonder why humans have vestigial characteristics (a tailbone, goosebump,s and wisdom teeth)? You wouldn’t "intelligently design" a human from scratch with leftover features only useful to ancestors.
5. Shared structure: Ever wonder why a human arm, a whale fin, a bat wing, and a horse leg all have the same structure ... (humerus, radius /ulna, carpals, digits) ... Could it be because they all evolved from a common ancestor?
RE: Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Syne - Jan 20, 2026
If you listen to Tucker Carlson, you're a moron... and likely antisemite.
RE: Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Magical Realist - Jan 20, 2026
Listening to people doesn't make you anything.
He is definitely out of touch on the evolutionary front. The reason nobody thinks about evolution anymore is because it is so proven and factual. Like organic chemistry or meteorology or anything other science. Only people who can't understand it don't believe in it.
RE: Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Syne - Jan 20, 2026
No, you have to be a moron to regularly watch Carlson.
RE: Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Magical Realist - Jan 20, 2026
(Jan 20, 2026 11:38 PM)Syne Wrote: No, you have to be a moron to regularly watch Carlson.
Oh so now not just listening. Regularly watching.
RE: Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Syne - Jan 21, 2026
Yes, (in crayon) if you take him seriously (e.g. actually listen to him) or consider him worth listening to with any repetition, you're a moron.
Makes sense that you'd split hair for him.
RE: Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Magical Realist - Jan 21, 2026
You didn't say take him seriously or consider him worth listening to. You said simply listen to him, which in no way makes one anything at all.
RE: Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Syne - Jan 21, 2026
(Jan 21, 2026 02:13 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: You didn't say take him seriously or consider him worth listening to. You said simply listen to him, which in no way makes one anything at all.
Yes, hence me having to explain it to you in crayon, like a child.
Your problem if you take everything so blindingly literal. Most sane adults know that "listen," in this context, doesn't just mean "hear."
9_9
RE: Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Magical Realist - Jan 21, 2026
Quote:Yes, hence me having to explain it to you in crayon, lik
Just showing how I can pick apart your attempt to insult me as easily as you.
RE: Tucker Carlson says there's no evidence for evolution - Syne - Jan 21, 2026
(Jan 21, 2026 03:27 AM)Magical Realist Wrote:Quote:Yes, hence me having to explain it to you in crayon, lik
Just showing how I can pick apart your attempt to insult me as easily as you.
No, you just did your usual shtick. Get needlessly defensive and lash out with the dumbest, most childishly literal interpretation of common English.
And here you prove it, by admitting you thought it was an attempt to insult you. It wasn't, but you're so insecure, you assume it was.
Seek therapy to work out your issues, whether crippling insecurity or just illiteracy.