I am certain religions are man made But I am not certain if evolution is real

Maybe we are flesh robots made by bug aliens or smt idk

  • davesmith@feddit.ukEnglish
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    10 days ago

    The thing that makes something ‘scientific’, rather than ‘faith-based’ is that it can be proven wrong. Think of it as our best guess so far, rather than some incontrovertible truth.

    I am sure a basic search will return plenty of well researched and evidenced books on evolution.

    As an aside I will say that I heard an interview with a data scientist whose recent work had found that genetic mutations weren’t random (in some way). Which could potentially throw an interesting wrinkle into the theory of evolution, lol. The bloke I heard interviewed stressed his paper had not yet been peer reviewed, and, iIrc, really just pointed towards the possible need for more research. I am just mentioning this as a bit of an aside.

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
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      10 days ago

      I really like this reply because it’s simple, to the point and factual.

      It’s a bit dense and redundant, but Dawkins’ The God Delusion explains quite well the differences between “Mount Improbable” and “Mount Impossible.” That said, I’m a little religious, in an unconventional way, and still find it a decent explanation, if a bit redundant on certain points. But I can see why.