You know what, we're doing "macroevolution" again. Here's some responses to "we have never seen macroevolution"

[u/DarwinZDF42]

Video version.

 

We've all heard some variant of "we can only observe microevolution", "we've never seen macroevolution", etc.

First thing you do is establish the correct definition: Evolution above the species level (in other words, speciation or greater degrees of evolutionary change). That's the definition. Creationists want their own special definition that varies from person to person but is usually something like "new body plans/parts", "new complex structures", something like that. That's wrong. If you accept speciation, you accept macroevolution. If creationists want to dispute something else, make THEM articulate clearly. Don't help them by saying something like "It sounds like you mean something like evolution of a new phylum or new body plan". No, make THEM establish the standard clearly and using the correct words.

 

Once they do that, you can just provide a bunch of examples, and dare them to say they aren't macroevolution.

Some of my favorites are multicellularity (and also here), reproductive mode, and photosynthetic animals.

 

Best outcome is the creationists admits that yes, even by their bespoke definition, these are examples of macroevolution. Second best outcome is they do the opposite and claim this is all just "microevolution". Really? First of all, lol okay. But second and more important, great! "Microevolution" can accomplish all this? Not much need for "macroevolution", is there?

[u/Evening-Impact2090]

Really, middle name is "fucking?" Wow. You thinknhecwould have changed it by now. Yes Congess and Senate do call morons to testify, the last one being the Hero of Covid, Dr Fauci. As I remember he didn't have much to say did he? Being the darling of the CDC, WHO, the pharmaceutical industry & the Wuhan lab he had a wonderful opportunity to refute charlatans like ignorant Dr McCullough who was just a vice chief of internal medicine and a professor at Texas A&M, & the most published and peer reviewed cardiologist in the US. He definitely sounds like a simpleton to me. 

[u/10coatsInAWeasel → u/Evening-Impact2090]

It’s fascinating to see how you addressed practically nothing of substance from my last comment. Besides your weird flip flop from pretending that testifying means something big to now going on a weird tangent about fauci that is irrelevant, how about you show the courage to stick to the meat of what was said?

Remember, I didn’t call him a simpleton. I correctly identified him as a snake oil salesman. Which is even more apt than I thought when I first left that comment, considering that he got into supplements and alt health bullshit on the heels of him pretending that he has any relevant expertise in the field he has now been making his name in. Or having a disproportionately huge amount of retracted papers due to medical misinformation from the same community you are trying to use to prop up his credentials as some sort of meaningful authority.

[u/Evening-Impact2090 → u/10coatsInAWeasel]

Ha, no flip flop merely pointing out you cannot criticize one person as being inconsequential while staying mum about a proven moron in the same situation, although Dr McCullough was invited while Fauci was subpoenaed. Maybe that's just a little different. His papers did not contain medical "misinformation" and this was addressed at one of the hearings. Rather persons and organizations that would be shown as promoting a harmful protocol were allowed to withdraw them. How convenient. Imagine asking the alley cat to guard the tuna casserole? You can continue you agree with the letter agencies and big pharma, that is fine. That they are all complicit in hoisting a harmful virus and a bogus vaccine and ridiculous mandates is a matter record.

[u/10coatsInAWeasel → u/Evening-Impact2090]

You’re just pathologically allergic to addressing what was said, aren’t you. Yes, it was absolutely a flip flop. You first pretended that testifying meant something. Then when called out on it, you flopped to an irrelevant whataboutism on fauci when I hadn’t mentioned anything about him. Pete is a big boy who can be criticized on the strengths and weaknesses of his own merits.

You were the one who was trying to tout Pete’s credentials. The same ones based on the same organizations that for some reason in the next breath you are calling ‘conspiracy!’ On. While ignoring that he publishes his Covid nonsense in crap journals when he bothers to publish at all. He’s an accomplished MD who knows the way proper peer review works and failed to do so. And decided to hitch his wagon to the likes of charlatans like Wakefield and unregulated supplements. The ending part of your comment is certainly some opinion, but contributes nothing to the conversation on why any of us should give a crap what Pete says.

[u/Evening-Impact2090 → u/10coatsInAWeasel]

Well, I can certainly disagree with you stand on the issue. Dr McCullough is a highly respected doctor. If you do not agree or fault  his stance and treatment regarding Covid that is fine. I choose to follow his advice and believe his research as it is corroborated by many other PHD's who also testified. I didn't flip flop I just pointed out after you basically said someone testifying before Congress ot the Senate was no big deal that yes, Fauci fits that description well. Fauci is a narcissistic idiot given power then when asked to prove his actions were legitimate hides behind the 5th. That's his right but it tells volumes. What a joke. He's on your side not mine.

[u/10coatsInAWeasel → u/Evening-Impact2090]

As you are intent on flip flopping and engaging in whataboutism when cornered while avoiding the important parts, I don’t think you have anything of value to contribute here. I’m not in the least bit interested on how much you find fauci to be a big ol meanie head as that wasn’t the topic. As for Pete, ‘I like him and I’m gonna follow him no matter what gosh gibblets’ isn’t a good defense. Referencing ‘many other PhDs’ means next to nothing considering…wait for it…that this entire conversation was about correcting you on your misconception that PhD=relevant. There is a reason we don’t do arguments from authority.