Thoughts on evolution...

[podling]

What with all the talk in the news about "intelligent design" (god is a really clever set-dresser who wants us to think we're doing something with our 'science' stuff) and creationism (take a myth, make it your reality), it occured to me that I never really got evolution. I mean, I get the concept, but I failed the test once where you're supposed to take these oh-so-highly specially selected nuts and bolts and organize them in a hierarchical evolutionary thing. And you know, I didn't understand it then, and I still don't. I'd fail it again. I know I would. Does this mean I have to believe in the spaghetti monster?

Comments

[khavren.livejournal.com]

I understand evolution, but I don't understand what you mean by specially selected nuts and bolts in a hierarchical evolutionary thing

[podling]

Well, you had to take these nuts and bolts and show how they supposedly evolved in a family-tree type way. Like a relatively simple bolt spawned a plain bolt and one with screw-type marking. And these eventually lead to a screw and a plain nail, or something.