Thanks to the BBC, we all now know

Quotes and comments;

1. “We now know that evolution is a fact. Well, I mean there are some slightly bonkers people out there who don’t believe that I suppose. But, nonetheless, we do know that.” - John Humphrys [1.]

- We now know, he says. Famous last words. Only about ten years ago 'everyone' knew that the brain never produced new brain cells, that all that ever happened was that brain cells died. Now we know different; now we know that new brain cells are produced all the time. It's my belief that one day this 'certain knowledge' of materialist evolution will be as obsolete (and mistaken) as the old view on brain cells. New discoveries continue to M2M evolution more and more unlikely. (Funny how the 'facts of science' can suddenly dematerialize isn't it John.)

- In my experience the more certain people are that evolution is true, the more likely it is they are unfamiliar with critiques of evolutionary theory... and the more likely it is they are deliberately ignorant of these weaknesses. (Do you think there's any chance John has read 'The signature in the cell' by Stephen Meyer?) The more aggressively people push evolution the less they tend to know about creationist writings. They wear blindfolds and point out the scenery for the rest of us.

- If you took evolution seriously (which virtually no one does, not even Darwinists) nothing could be called either crazy or sane; as there would be no standards for such a statement. If evolution were true, all things would be in constant flux, moving in a directionless way... and there couldn't be any truth... there couldn't be any facts.

- All pronouncements of this kind depend on the pretense all people are the same; a belief that isn't empirical, and thus not scientific. (Let's see now; is 'bonkers' a scientific term? Not here in Canada at any rate :=) People assess the data on the basis of their experience, knowledge and worldview; this means that varying assessments can be equally rational. [3.]

Notes;
1. Creationists are slightly bonkers, says award-winning BBC broadcaster - by Dominic Statham
'In yet another example of biased broadcasting, the BBC’s John Humphrys declared all who doubt the Darwinian paradigm to be a bit crazy. While interviewing two leading ‘evolutionary biologists’, Dr Anjali Goswami of University College London and Professor Scott Armbruster of the University of Portsmouth, he remarked, “We now know that evolution is a fact. Well, I mean there are some slightly bonkers people out there who don’t believe that I suppose. But, nonetheless, we do know that.”
2. M2M = molecules to man
3. This isn't the same as saying truth is relative.