I don’t read the UK newspaper The Daily Mail. As a matter of fact, I don’t think it’s fit even to wrap fish and chips in either. This does have the fortunate side effect of ensuring that I don’t often come into contact with the opinions of its resident columnist Melanie Phillips, usually because when I do, I am left gasping for breath at the spittle-flecked lunacy of her opinions.
Still, every now and then something that Mad Mel writes is picked up and displayed elsewhere, usually because someone else also can’t believe the stuff she churns out. Here’s a good case in point. She apparently believes that science, not faith, is the new enemy of reason. Head on over to the link and read the full thing. You might also peruse the comments, which fall into one of two categories: a) detailed rebuttal of her harebrained arguments or b) an expression along the lines of "who is this idiot?" (for the best answer, see comment 58). I’ll just leave you with a taste of her tripe…
Science cannot explain the origin of the universe. Yet it now presumes to do so and as a result it has descended into irrationality.The most conspicuous example of this is provided by Dawkins himself, who breaks the rules of scientific evidence by seeking to claim that Darwin’s theory of evolution – which sought to explain how complex organisms evolved through random natural selection – also accounts for the origin of life itself.
Needless to say, Dawkins has never said any such thing. Mel then goes on to waffle about Intelligent Design and the Cambrian Explosion. The only things that she makes abundantly clear are the depths of her ignorance and the idiocy of her claim that science is the enemy of reason. As the first comment notes, her homework should be to read The Ancestor’s Tale.
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