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How not to science: Lessons from flat earthers and climate change deniers

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Fallacy Man

Science is an amazingly powerful tool for disentangling fact and fiction. When done correctly, it is a systematic, objective, unbiased, and self-correcting method for understanding our universe. Unfortunately, many people don’t appreciate the objectivity that science requires, and instead view … Continue reading →

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Genetics provide powerful evidence of evolution

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Fallacy Man

Many people are under the false impression that evolution is just a guess or a belief, when in reality, it is one of the most well-supported concepts in all of science. The evidence for it is overwhelming and comes from … Continue reading →

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Debunking the creationist myth that mutations don’t produce new and useful information

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Fallacy Man

Genetic variation is a fundamental requirement for evolution, but many evolutionary mechanisms (such as selection and genetic drift) actually remove variation from populations. Therefore, evolution is entirely reliant on the formation of new genetic information, and without it, evolution would … Continue reading →

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Debunking creationism: a visual comparison of “micro” and “macroevolution”

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Fallacy Man

Creationists often like to claim that there are two fundamentally different types of evolution: microevolution and macroevolution. They argue that microevolution does actually occur, but only produces small changes within a species or “kind” of animal. For example, most creationists … Continue reading →

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Sinking Noah’s Ark Part 2: The Order of the Fossil Record Confirms Evolution’s Predictions

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Fallacy Man

In this post, I am going to explain a line of evidence that both convincingly supports evolution and refutes the notion of a world-wide flood. I am, of course, referring to the ordering of the fossil record. If you go … Continue reading →

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