Tag: humans
Racism Serves Darwinism, Darwinism Serves Racism
Racism was not just an incidental part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. Rather Darwin considered racial inequality crucial evidence for his theory.
Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry
The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat.
Khan Academy Video, “Evidence for Evolution,” Gives Circular Arguments for Common Ancestry
If you define homology as resulting from common ancestry, you can’t then turn around and use that as an argument for common ancestry.
“Evidence for Evolution”? Khan Academy Pushes Haeckel’s Phony Embryo Drawings
I’ve watched many Khan Academy videos over the years — sometimes just for fun, and sometimes to advise teachers on whether they are good tools to use.
Dogs Understand Many More Words than We Think
Of course, the dog is responding to words as signals, not as components of sentences.