[2012-May-31] Hippahkrussee

ChaoticBrain · Post by **ChaoticBrain** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:53 am

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In a way, I have to say that a person who "teaches the controversy" is worse than a person who espouses that all of evolution is a sham. At least the latter has a strong enough will to form an opinion; the former is so apathetic about the subject that she'll refuse to think critically about the points from either side.

GUTCHUCKER · Post by **GUTCHUCKER** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:04 pm

You know what's funny?
Comics.
You know what's just not funny at all?
Arguing semantics about comics.

Sandwiches · Post by **Sandwiches** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:52 pm

Not every comic needs to be discussed.

Lethal Interjection · Post by **Lethal Interjection** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:47 pm

ChaoticBrain wrote: In a way, I have to say that a person who "teaches the controversy" is worse than a person who espouses that all of evolution is a sham. At least the latter has a strong enough will to form an opinion; the former is so apathetic about the subject that she'll refuse to think critically about the points from either side.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold on. Just because someone can teach it from an unbiased stance doesn't mean they don't have an opinion.

ThatLazyGuy · Post by **ThatLazyGuy** » Thu May 31, 2012 2:02 pm

Yes, yes. We get it. You love evolution and don't understand the arguments against it.

I'm not saying that those arguments outweigh the evidence for evolution, just that these are not even close to the arguments against it.

And I get that you realized you have a little soapbox where you can spout all this stuff and you want to use it.

Now can you please make a comic that's actually, y'know, funny?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 31, 2012 2:13 pm

Lethal Interjection wrote:
ChaoticBrain wrote: In a way, I have to say that a person who "teaches the controversy" is worse than a person who espouses that all of evolution is a sham. At least the latter has a strong enough will to form an opinion; the former is so apathetic about the subject that she'll refuse to think critically about the points from either side.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold on. Just because someone can teach it from an unbiased stance doesn't mean they don't have an opinion.

If you think both sides are equal, regardless of the merit of their respective arguments, than you're not unbiased. You're just noncommittal.

That said, I don't find this comic funny. The joke was obvious from the second panel and was carried on way too long.

LonelyArtist · Post by **LonelyArtist** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:06 pm

I actually pronounce controversy with a long O...

Sandwiches · Post by **Sandwiches** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:12 pm

LonelyArtist wrote:I actually pronounce controversy with a long O...

I say a short O. What a world, eh?

anus mcgee · Post by **anus mcgee** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:21 pm

ThatLazyGuy wrote:Yes, yes. We get it. You love evolution and don't understand the arguments against it.

I'm not saying that those arguments outweigh the evidence for evolution, just that these are not even close to the arguments against it.

And I get that you realized you have a little soapbox where you can spout all this stuff and you want to use it.

Now can you please make a comic that's actually, y'know, funny?

This, this, this, for God's sake this. You're giving me cancer, Zach.

Lethal Interjection · Post by **Lethal Interjection** » Thu May 31, 2012 8:01 pm

Guest wrote:
Lethal Interjection wrote:
ChaoticBrain wrote: In a way, I have to say that a person who "teaches the controversy" is worse than a person who espouses that all of evolution is a sham. At least the latter has a strong enough will to form an opinion; the former is so apathetic about the subject that she'll refuse to think critically about the points from either side.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold on. Just because someone can teach it from an unbiased stance doesn't mean they don't have an opinion.

If you think both sides are equal, regardless of the merit of their respective arguments, than you're not unbiased. You're just noncommittal.

That said, I don't find this comic funny. The joke was obvious from the second panel and was carried on way too long.

Who said anything about thinking the sides equal? You can teach stuff without thinking both sides are equal. I can debate for things that I don't really agree with. That doesn't make me noncommittal, it makes me intelligent.
I guess there are too many people who read this that are in the sciences...

Post by **DonRetrasado** » Thu May 31, 2012 8:38 pm

ChaoticBrain wrote:In a way, I have to say that a person who "teaches the controversy" is worse than a person who espouses that all of evolution is a sham. At least the latter has a strong enough will to form an opinion; the former is so apathetic about the subject that she'll refuse to think critically about the points from either side.

What?

Sandwiches · Post by **Sandwiches** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:07 pm

A lot of people put "having a wrong opinion" over "not having an opinion".

sotic · Post by **sotic** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:37 am

Sandwiches wrote:A lot of people put "having a wrong opinion" over "not having an opinion".

Whenever I have trouble forming an opinion, I just flip a coin.

Lethal Interjection · Post by **Lethal Interjection** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:08 am

sotic wrote:
Sandwiches wrote:A lot of people put "having a wrong opinion" over "not having an opinion".
Whenever I have trouble forming an opinion, I just flip a coin.

And then what?

Kimra · Post by **Kimra** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 2:26 am

He ignores it, because deciding which opinion goes with which side of the coin is too hard.

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