Before anyone comes for me, I grew up southern baptist – went to a private christian school & was homeschooled for a few years. The extent of my “science” education when it came to evolution & the origin of the universe was “if we came from monkeys why do monkeys still exist?” and “look at this galaxy that’s shaped like a cross, isn’t god amazing!!” I’m an atheist now and would like to have some sort of understanding of how our world came to be, but trying to figure it out as an adult with no real foundation has been incredibly difficult, and none of it’s making sense. I also know I’m asking a lot as all 3 of those subjects are pretty extensive, so if you know any good videos or books I’d love some recommendations!
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We don’t really know. We observe shared mechanisms among species, that seems to shape a lineage. We understand how environmental pressure could apply a selection effect on natural variability, thus yelding new aptitudes. We observed some of that, not super impressive because of the limited time scale, but still, it kinda validate the hypothesis.. but we don’t know for sure, and we don’t claim we know, and here lies the superiority of science versus belief : we don’t pretend we know the truth, but we work hard at seeking it.
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