11.20.09
Coyne, Palin and microevolution
Coyne vs Palin. A knockout in round 1.
Palin is not only a figurehead for the most conservative sections of US opinion, she has now come out as a creationist. However, like many creationists, she claims to accept the existence of “microevolution”. The real issue, she claims, is that one species cannot split into two, or give rise to another species. God alone can do that.
Read Coyne’s post, but be wary here: it would be terrible to lose an argument to Palin. In fact, she has a garbled piece of a frequence arugment about microevolution. Lucky for Darwinists she, and most creationists, get it wrong, but challenging these people with straight Darwinism risks losing the ball game in the end.