Palaver | The scary thing however, is that the same people...

“The scary thing however, is that the same people who spent this money on a science experiment, are the same people who, according to their own scientific beliefs, shouldn’t care about world proverty, etc. in the first place. The theory of evolution and the big bang are only possible by such means as natural selection in which weaker species die and the more successful species lives to reproduce and pass on their own “better” traits. So following the theory they spent four billion dollars to help prove, the logical conclusion is that as long as the scientists pass on their own genes, third world countries, and population of poverty in general should be left to die as the whole process is just weeding out the weak.”

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Hadron Collider.. Smadron Collider | Walkingwithspoons.

How on earth does believing in the big bang or evolution translate into ruthless lack of concern for the rest of humanity? Natural selection is part of evolution, in that it explains why, over billions of years, various species have survived, thrived, and evolved while others have gone extinct. However, just because you observe that something occurs in nature doesn’t mean that you think that human beings should actively encourage the process on an individual level, to the point of insisting upon actions and policies that allow the poor and the weak to starve, waste, and die. There is, in fact, something to be said for an entire species working together to develop mechanisms for overcoming the obstacles that would typically cause a species to go extinct. It increases the chances the species as a whole will survive if even the weakest members are stronger than their environment. After all, natural selection isn’t about the survival of the individual—which really doesn’t matter much if you’re the only one left. It’s about survival of the species as a whole.

Where do people get this crap?

(via robot-heart-politics)