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Do you believe in evolution, the idea that everything on earth evolved from earlier forms, and that genes do stuff like mutate and get passed down and there's selection and change over time etc.?

Yes, fully
83.4%
Most of it
14.3%
Mostly not
1.4%
Not at all
0.9%

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2:53 PM · Nov 12, 2021

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Micro? obviously Macro? LOL

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75% Yes, fully. 25% Not at all since this is a computer simulation.

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Isn’t this a fact already? Like, it shouldn’t really be tied onto belief

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Never in recorded history or modern day science has it ever been shown that an organism has gained naturally DNA/information - mutations change DNA around and can change species but that is different from gaining DNA/info

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Evolution of organic life seems clear. The origin of life--"evolution" of inorganic matter into organic life--seems less clear.

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This is similar to asking if you believe in gravity or if the earth is round.

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anthropology professor told us monkeys got to brazil when a large chunk of land got washed down the congo river, out to sea, and landed in brazil. that was a bridge too far for me

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The concept that really made it click for me was this: Individual creatures don’t evolve but rather are only data samples that can be compared to earlier data samples. It is the gene pool (i.e. an individual breeding population) that evolves, NOT the individuals.

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I answered “Yes, fully” because I do recognize the theory of evolution as valid and that genetic mutation plays a role, but I also FULLY believe that there’s a ton we don’t understand yet.