Using Evolution as an Easy Explanation

People appeal to evolution frequently, probably to make something appear more sciency. F'rinstance, I stopped watching a video when it said that people scanning their environment is a leftover from evolution. That was insultingly stupid — and unknowable.

The idea of injecting evolution into media seems to come from authority figures in the secular science industry: They frequently make unsupportable assertions. Unfortunately, those scientists and many lay people have a worldview that uses molecules-to-mechanic evolution as a foundation. But critical thinkers may ask, "What evidence do you have for your claim?"

Time and time again, we have shown how evolutionists presuppose evolution and then "see" it in many places. Variation, speciation, and all that good stuff are not evolution, old son, and fit into the creationist paradigm. Many other instances of circumstances called evolution are only imagined.

An expert in plants examined stomata, tiny openings that allow exchanging gases. They are essential to a plant's survival. He explores something that could be fascinating, but spoils it with his risible logic. Interesting that his circular reasoning was accepted by his peers. (Secularists wonder why people don't trust them so much anymore.) Imagine if they dared use their intellectual processes to question evolution — and utilize Question Evolution Day. Even historical science needs evidence.

How much knowledge is gained by appealing to evolution as a cause of a phenomenon? It’s similar to the old Flip Wilson line, “The devil made me do it!” Like the demon of alcohol, the demon of hard luck or the demon-possessed dog that ate my homework, the demon of Darwin serves as a convenient non-explanation for a lazy scientist or reporter unable to handle the complexities of nature.

Plants breathe with millions of tiny mouths. We used lasers to understand how this skill evolved  (The Conversation, 24 March 2025). Has Tim Brodribb, a Professor of Plant Physiology at the University of Tasmania, ever heard of the fallacy of begging the question? Does he realize he is reasoning in a circle?

To read the rest and also see a couple of other examples, visit "Evolution Explains Everything and Nothing."