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My dad has an officially tested IQ of 146 and believes evolution is a lie. Being smart often doesn't make you right, it mostly makes you more effective at believing what you believe.

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to be more specific, he believes in micro evolution, not macro evolution. but uh, he has a lot of very weird beliefs which he loudly and clearly and very publicly outlines

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Could it just be playing by coming up with bizarre but arguable ideas to spar with others trying to prove him wing, which he knows he is, or at least his claims are not the best fit to the available evidence?

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naw man he's a professional evangelical christian who's an author with a radio show he is not just playin

11:02 PM · Sep 22, 2021

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Ah, he's been captured by a meme and rationalised it.

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What's his Twitter handle?

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That in my mind makes it more likely to be that he is indeed just playin' for the money. When his religion and his self interest conflict i do wonder which chooses. If its religion probably sincere self delusion, if his self interest, he probably just found a profitable con.