David Berlinski, a mathematician, physicist and scholar has also taken serious heat from the entrenched academy for his views on Darwin. His book is also cited in the article. He defended intelligent design and promptly became persona non grata on American college campuses. Yet he is one of the few who echo comedian George Carlin’s question, “If man evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?”
George Carlin’s question is one of the more stupid ones I have seen. There are still monkeys because there are still trees which are a good place for monkeys to live and not such a good place for humans to live. Creatures evolve to live in specific suitable environments. Today I was reading about Marsupial evolution compared with Mammalian evolution. There are Marsupial anteaters and mammalian anteaters and they both evolved effective strong claws to tear apart termite mounds. Marsupial moles and Mammal moles both are nearly blind and have powerful digging claws. Unlike almost all other Marsupials which have a baby pouch which aims upward, the Marsupial moles pouch aims downward so they don’t scoop dirt into the pouch as they crawl along. Evolution is amazing. If you want more up to date information try reading Shawn Carrol’s “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” which covers some amazing recent discoveries about evolution and species formation. Perhaps Darwin should not have named his book “The Origin of Species”, but rather “The Evolution of Species.” He did not have the technical equipment to examine the very early precambrian development of living entities or of microbiology, so his theories were based on examination of macrolife, not microlife where it all started.
No Intelligence Allowed is an excellent movie about the academic blackballing that is practiced against Intelligent Design.
Yes, I always look to comedians for wisdom and knowledge.
If man evolved from monkeys
Does ANYBODY seriously propose that Man (as we exist today) evolved from monkeys (as they exist today)? This looks like a straw-man argument from the same sort of person as thinks that the question "Why do we park on the driveway and drive on the parkway?" is funny.