A little comedy with a serious purpose:
Bill Maher sells evolution using swine flu
May 4, 2009 • 12:11 pm
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Saying, “Viruses adapt to survive” makes it sound like they adapt on purpose. Would it be too cumbersom to say, “Viruses mutate quickly, and some of those mutations allow them to kick our asses”? But I totally agree with Maher on his main point. People who don’t trust science for evolution and climate change, etc, shouldn’t be allowed to own technology like cars and computers, or to use modern medicine.
It’s always sad to hear Maher say things like that, but still embraces anti-vax woo. How can someone defend rationality one moment, and then embrace denialism the next moment?
Huh. When did Maher start believing in the germ theory of disease?
Interesting stuff. Did you hear that there’s a new strain which is resistant to the anti-flu drugs? Tamiflu etc? Found a really good website for tracking it’s progress, seems to be updated every hour or so… http://www.swinefludeaths.co.uk.