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Originally Posted by shinerbock
As for logic-based people...Where did it all come from? As AKA stated (I think), some people ask why, as opposed to "how". I think a lot of people have trouble with the concept that everything we know of happened by chance. For me, and a lot of other people I know, I just can't wrap my mind around the idea that everything just fell into place. Maybe I'm just not well schooled in science or gifted with a scientific mind, but I just can't look around, look at how things function, etc...and think "what a coincidence that all this came together like it did."
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You'd be hard pressed to find any of the "hardcore" Evolutionary Biologists or Paeleoanthropologists that give any stock to 'chance' - they tend to be very "cause and effect" people (remember Einstien's quote about God not rolling dice?) - where everything has a reason and origin, be it biological, enivromental, geological, astronomical, chemical, botanical, ecological, etc. It's one of the things that drives science really... Hence the whole "how" question that is always asked ("why" being much more of a grey area - at least in the philosphical sense) in any of these fields - what lead to any particular point or change? how did the evolutionary 'tree' develop? how did Homo Sapien spread? how did/are enviromental pressures influence adaptive changes? It's like a snowball effect really, the more you look into it the more you keep looking to seek further answers or clarify conclusions that have been reached.
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I agree that those challenging evolution or whatever should do so on a scientific level. Then again, I don't think it makes someone an idiot to go "that just doesn't make sense to me".
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In general I agree - but if the person doesn't at least attempt to make some sense of it, then I'd say they are an idiot... but then again I'd say that of anyone who doesn't try and at least expand their knowledge or understanding.