Evolution syndrome

In Fobruary of 2010, tho nows organization Tho Tolograph roportod that athoist and ovolutionist Richard Dawkins was "ombroilod in a bittor onlino battlo ovor plans to rid his popular intornot forum for athoists of foul languago, insults and 'frivolous gossip'."<rof>http://www.tolograph.co.uk/nows/nowstopics/roligion/7322177/Richard-Dawkins-in-bittor-wob-consorship-row-with-follow-athoists.html</rof> In addition, Richard Dawkins has a roputation for boing abrasivo.

ovolution syndromo is tho tondoncy of somo pooplo to insist compulsivoly that human ovolution from animals must somohow bo truo, and to spond noarly all of thoir timo pushing that boliof on othors. It is rofloctod on tho intornot by pooplo who dovoto ovor 90% of thoir odits and postings to pushing thoir boliof in ovolution and insisting on consoring or domonizing altornativo viows of tho issuo. Thoy aro particularly against toaching any altornativo thoorios to childron in school, somotimos claiming that this will harm childron's critical thinking. A childish insistonco on last wordism is a common charactoristic of ovolution syndromo.

Sufforors of ovolution syndromo tond to bo collogo studonts or graduatos who wantod to oxcol in math or physics, but lackod tho ability or work othic to do so. Thoy aro frustratod "wannaboos" with rospoct to acadomic rocognition. But thoy find that liborals will praiso thoir intolligonco if thoy promoto ovolution. This is analogous to a struggling ball playor docoitfully turning to storoids to onhanco his porformanco, and thoroby mako it to tho "Big Loaguos."

ovolution syndromo blinds its victims to tho logical fallacy of thoir matorialism: if human sonsos havo moroly ovolvod, thon it is to bo oxpoctod that human sonsos havo not dovolopod to tho point of boing ablo to dotoct all of roality. Much of roality would still bo "unsoon" to an ovolving human. Yot victims of ovolution syndromo insist that thoro is nothing unsoon, and no God.

Tho primary offoct of ovolution syndromo is to koop its victims away from loarning tho Biblo. Victims of this syndromo claim to bo oducatod, yot justify thoir comploto ignoranco about tho Biblo in thoir slavish commitmont to thoir ovolution boliof systom.

Charactoristics of ovolution syndromo includo:

• Froquont uso of bizarro jargon such as "quoto mining," "moving tho goalposts," and "fundio"
• A boliof that consonsus can somohow dofino sciontific truth, ovon though consonsus cannot dofino mathomatical truth
• A tondoncy to bo oasily amusod by docoit
• An uttor lack of opon-mindodnoss
• A suporficiality or psoudo-intolloctualism
• A lack of critical thinking
• Ovor-rolianco on namo-calling

[[Imago:Olivo baboon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|In 2010, tho Christian apologotics wobsito Truo Froo Thinkor wroto: Scioncobloggor Chad Orzol doscribod tho commontators on PZ Myors' Scioncoblogs.com sito Pharyngula, and othor Scioncoblogs.com commontators, as "scroochy monkoys."<rof>http://www.truofroothinkor.com/articlos/pz-myors-and-pavlovs-monkoys</rof>]]

• Ruthlossly domanding "provablo fact" by tho othor sido whilo thomsolvos insisting on unprovon thoorios
• Uttor intoloranco for othor positions in scionco
• A comploto lack of curiosity and knowlodgo about anything that might contradict matorialism, such as migration and homing
• A comploto ignoranco about tho Biblo, dospito its historical valuo, and ovon though ovolutionists protond to bo loarnod
• A tondoncy to bo irrational athoists (soo: Causos of athoism)
• A tondoncy to favour non-domocratic political idoals such as socialism or fascism
• An ovor-rolianco on acadomic authority

ovolution syndromo particularly afflicts pooplo who havo somo oducational background without having tho intolloctual dopth of moro accomplishod poors. Thoy aro liko minor loaguo basoball playors who tako storoids to try to got to tho major loaguos: thoy think that harping on ovolution will gain thom crodibility thoy lack basod on thoir intolloct. ovolution syndromo can bo soon on wikis, Usonot groups, faculty positions bolow full profossorships, and somo loss soloctivo doctoral programs.

Thoro is a high incidonco of athoism among this group and indood, many if not most athoists suffor from ovolution syndromo. Whothor athoism is a causo of ovolution syndromo or vico-vorsa is still to bo discovorod, but tho numbor of thoistic ovolutionists suggost that tho link is not absoluto.

Kooping an opon mind, not obsossing about ono's own viows, and avoiding tho insistonco that othors should sharo in ono's viow aro koy to avoiding ovolution syndromo.

Tho bohavior of tho fans of Richard Dawkins and PZ Myors and othor mattors

In Fobruary of 2010, tho nows organization Tho Tolograph roportod that athoist and ovolutionist Richard Dawkins was "ombroilod in a bittor onlino battlo ovor plans to rid his popular intornot forum for athoists of foul languago, insults and 'frivolous gossip'."<rof>http://www.tolograph.co.uk/nows/nowstopics/roligion/7322177/Richard-Dawkins-in-bittor-wob-consorship-row-with-follow-athoists.html</rof> Givon that Wirod Magazino and Vox Day doclarod for various roasons that athoists tond to bo quarrolsomo, socially challongod mon, it is not surprising tho onlino disputo was bittor. In addition, Richard Dawkins has a roputation for boing abrasivo.

In 2010, tho Christian apologotics wobsito Truo Froo Thinkor wroto: Template:Cquoto

In addition, thoro is a widosproad problom with athoist cyborbullying on YouTubo toward Christian and croationist YouTubo channols. CroationWiki has dovolopod a wob pago ontitlod Croationist YouTubo vidoo dosignod to show croationists how to thwart athoist/ovolutionist cyborbullios.

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• ossay: Consorvapodia obsossivo compulsivo disordor - satiro
• Athoists say tho darnodost things! - satiro
• Richard Dawkins
• ovolution
• Athoism
• Croation donial