Ron Paul Rejects Evolution

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

Video at Link.

Bottom line: "It's just a theory, and I reject it."

http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2007/12/ron_paul_rejects_evolution.php

[Donnachaidh]

1. Did he get his medical degree by mail order?

This guy needs to be hogtied and sent back to Texas, or where ever the hell he's from.

[Longhorn]

17. He's from Green Tree, Pennsylvania and went to Duke Medical School.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_paul

Whew! Another wacko we don't have to claim! :)

[SoxFan]

19. Duke? That explains it.

[Dr. Strange]

2. Evolution's response:

"The feeling is mutual."

[flvegan]

6. Aw, man you beat me to it.

[Dr. Strange]

10. I cheated!

Um, somehow.

[onehandle]

3. Cuckoo! nt

[Buzz Clik]

4. We had an interesting little conversation on this yesterday.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2539663

[cali]

7. yeah, that was quite an eye opening little thread n/t

[goodgd_yall]

28. Oh, no...

what *blankin'* ignorance.

[ellacott]

5. Wow, and he's a Doctor

He's right that it's a theory but his prior profession as a Doctor was theoretical. That's why they say that doctors practice medicine.

[IndianaJones]

8. its a theory...not fact. nt.

[dbackjon]

9. Do you reject it?

[IndianaJones]

11. I am tolerant towards it. nt.

[LanternWaste]

21. Do you accept evolution as a machine for universal change...

Do you accept evolution as a machine for biological change or not? There's little room for equivocation as I see it.

Maybe you could expound on your thesis "I'm tolerant towards it"?

[wyldwolf]

12. no, it is a fact. The theory is HOW it happened.

[cali]

13. it is a theory and a fact.

Do you know the definition of a scientific theory?

[goodgd_yall]

26. Apparently not and neither do the creationists n/t

[goodgd_yall]

27. Read post 25 n/t

[nickinSTL]

14. so...what medical school did he attend that didn't teach

the scientific method?

Heck, I learned that in HIGH SCHOOL.

I'm glad he's not practicing medicine (or, I should say, I hope he isn't)...any doc who is that uneducated doesn't need to be anywhere NEAR an actual patient.

[YOY]

15. Schocker

No wonder his folks can't write the word Revolution without making the "e" backwards.

[stimbox]

18. Now I get it.

Ron Paul R(ejects)evolution

[flobee]

16. gravity is also a theroy

Does he reject that also?

[FredScuttle]

20. We really don't know enough about "special relativity" to consider it accepted

[no name no slogan]

22. Then he should give back his opposable thumbs, too

hypocrite.

[bobbolink]

23. UHOH..... you'll disturb all those DUers who think he's the cat's pajamas

or something...

:crazy:

[LeftishBrit]

24. Well, he ought at least to believe in dinosaurs - after all, he IS one!

[goodgd_yall]

25. Oy---*rolly eyes*---

Do these idiots realize "theory" is not a "just" when applied to science?

"A theory is:

Internally consistent and compatible with the evidence
Firmly grounded in and based upon evidence
Tested against a wide range of phenomena
Demonstrably effective in problem-solving
In popular use, a theory is often assumed to imply mere speculation, but in science, something is not called a theory until it has been confirmed over many independent experiments. Theories are more certain than hypotheses, but less certain than laws. The procedures and processes for testing a theory are well-defined within each scientific discipline."

from http://waikato.ac.nz

[hayu_lol]

29. Actually, Paul is still delivering babies so I suppose one could say that...

he is still practicing.

As evolution, the leading scientists(from all disciplines worldwide)make the claim that evolution shows the how of life as we know it. It is DNA that proves that method.

The entire history of life on the planet, all kinds of life, in written in DNA.