Evolution is a fact

I completely reject your notion of my disrespect. I have not called the audience stupid. I encouraged them to not be stupid and vote in a why that would deny blatant fact. Of course they have the ability to decide and vote however voting for an idea that has been proven to be completely wrong is stupid and delusional. I am not tolerant of all ideas. But I am always open to persuasion if sufficient evidence is provided. Ideas that are immoral or factually wrong merit absolutely no respect. I am amazed that there are people that deny the fact of evolution and if you believe evolution is wrong then I'm afraid you are under a delusion or stupid. Now, again and again you provide me with articles. Let me remind you: articles are not proof of consensus. There are articles that say climate change is not real and yet only 3% of scientists actually believe this. When it comes to evolution it is not only accepted by absolutely every single scientific authority (which you are denying) but a whopping 97% of scientists believe in evolution according to a 2009 poll by Pew Research Centre. That is an absolutely crushing consensus. You have to tell me why I shouldn't accept that huge weight of scientific authority that provides. Furthermore, the articles you have provided only explain that they believe evolution is not due to natural processes. This belief is shared by about 13% of scientists (from the same poll). This is a more acceptable belief and there is a debate in science over the significance of natural selection as a phenotypic filter. However, there is absolutely no debate in science over the existence of evolution and no half-baked nutty creationist article containing nothing but poorly supported assertions is going to change the overwhelming consensus of almost all scientists that evolution exists. I want to ask you: would you believe in evolution if all the scientific authorities in the world came to you and explained the process and told you it was true? Do you believe that climate change exists as well? And how old is the earth? I don't know you at all but something tells me that you seem to think that we can deny these authorities. Now of course there will never be 100% consensus on evolution. Some rogue scientists (often not at all respected) will always deny the evidence. But I think 97% is a pretty clear idea of what is known to be true surely? The current consensus is absolutely sufficient to consider evolution a fact of the natural world. My explanations concerning how we gain scientific evidence were not at all vague. Again will the candle analogy we do know when it was lit. We use dating methods that we know work to work it out. We repeat measurements to incredibly precision. In my old lab in Colorado we used to use computers that could provide data on sedimentary rock to 20 decimal points. Furthermore, we know that our techniques and methods are reliable because we can make predictions using them that come true and we have witnessed them providing repeatably reliable results. There is a burden of proof that it is absolutely reliable. That's HOW. Finally, we do not need to see an event to know that that event occurred. Because we use other methods to measure magnitudes surrounding that event to confirm the existence of that event. We have, as I already described conducted measurements and experiments confirming the existence of evolution. We have used carbon dating. We have measured displays of fossils in sedimentary rock. We have observed and decoded the human and now almost all ape genomes. And guess what? It all points in one direction - that we evolved from a common ancestor of modern day apes. Natural selection has been proven to exist. We have observed this process. We know that species of plants some of which have a special form of insecticide called pyrethrum live longer and produce more offspring. This is empirical evidence for evolution. If some people choose to not believe this then they are delusional or stupid. And almost all scientists do as well as every single scientific authority. There is a reason this is taught in High School: it is a FACT. So to win this debate I have to show that: 1) Evolution is accepted as fact for all practical purposes by the scientific community 2) There is sufficient empirical evidence for the process of evolution I have won this debate because I have shown that despite some exceptions almost all serious scientists (97%) know evolution to be true. Your petitions have been arguing that the process of evolution is still true but that other phenotypic filters are also involved. Therefore evolution absolutely is accepted as fact by the scientific community and by all scientific authorities everywhere. Next I have shown that there is sufficient evidence for it. 1; I have shown that our methods for obtaining such evidence are accurate and reliable. Why? Because they provide precise measurements. Because we can make accurate predictions using the data collected in this way. And because they are repeatedly providing trending results in the physical world. 2; I have shown that this data points out that evolution exists. Why? Because we have found cases of species evolving due to natural selection (Black peppered moths, Chrysanthemums). Because we have found genomic and historical findings supporting evolution (human and chimpanzee genome, fossils etc.) Based on my proof of the 2 facts there is little doubt that I have proved that Evolution is an undeniable fact and thus I have won this debate. "You can't even begin to understand biology, you can't understand life, unless you understand what it's all there for, how it arose - and that means evolution." (Richard Dawkins) "Today's debate about evolution is as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes around the sun" (Richard Dawkins) Audience: When a scientist says Evolution is real you should trust them but when millions of them say it, your text books say it, your government says it and every museum is screaming out to you that its true then you should know it. I went to the natural history museum in London a couple months ago on a trip. It has a wonderful exhibition on human evolution. I would advise everyone to go see it. Once again: DON'T BE STUPID - Vote YES.