Seems to me that we could use someone with at least a high school education to moderate this "discussion" which, in many ways, sounds like one might expect from primitives discovering some modern tool like say a calculator.
Has anybody ever heard of the notion of the "opposable thumb"?
Did'nt think so.
Or anything having to do with Human Intelligence?...like the concept of "object permanence"?
Better "tools" are thought to be reflections of more advanced mental development and manual skills.
Maybe we should find a primer on Anthropology?
(And learn how to use our SpellCheckers?
And for at least the first hour avoid references to "BrokeBack Mountain"?)
I dunno why, but I have been in a seizure of typos for several days now. It's very unlike me, and starting to annoy me in a major way!
See, it has to do with root words - You say "Beer", I see "Bier". the former is the correct spelling in englisch, the latter in german.
I get confused. Mea Culpa.
Although I don't agree with him, your little tirade certainly doesn't help.
He is asserting an idea that was commonly accepted by science for over a hundred years. If he isn't well read on the field of study, that puts him ahead of about 90% of the population. Giving him the information that is currently held is helpful. Your little, "I'm too smart to talk with such scientific dolts!" speech isn't helpful.