The breathtaking inanity of Ed Brayton
Ed Brayton posted on his blog what he thinks is "the perfect retort to all this Darwin leads to Hitler crap":
What's YOUR point, Ed?
Ed himself admitted that there is a link between Darwin and Hitler.
"And on 9/11, the World Trade Center was knocked down by creationists who hate evolution. What's your point?"
What's YOUR point, Ed?
Ed himself admitted that there is a link between Darwin and Hitler.
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posted by Larry Fafarman | 8/31/2006 11:56:00 AM
8 Comments:
In the same sense that there is a link between Hitler and
Einstein
Newton
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Augustine
Luther
The Pope
The Dalai Lama
Jesus
Mohammed
...or any of thousands of other historical scientific or religious figures
Ed did not, in fact, admit to any specific Hitler link to Darwin that could not be equally applied to any of those names above, merely that Hitler used religious and scientific language depending on his audience.
I see that the breathtakingly inane Larry(?) is in love with his favorite words again.
W. Kevin Vicklund said...
>>>>>Ed did not, in fact, admit to any specific Hitler link to Darwin that could not be equally applied to any of those names above, merely that Hitler used religious and scientific language depending on his audience. <<<<<
What name could most easily be linked to "Social Darwinism"?
> What name could most easily be linked to "Social Darwinism"? <
Read Kevin's post again. As is usually the case, you did not understand it but pathetically tried to reply. If you actually read his post you will see how irrelevant you comment is.
Try again and this time make some attempt to show that you have actually read his post.
I am beginning to feel sorry for you. You have no capacity for logic and when combined with your total lack of debating skills it gets pretty sad.
Your commants are breathtakingly inane.
>>>What name could most easily be linked to "Social Darwinism"?<<<
Richard Hofstadter
That was easy. Any other inane remarks?
> Larry(?) has a valid point here. <
Albeit an irrelevant one.
W. Kevin Vicklund said --
>>>>>>What name could most easily be linked to "Social Darwinism"?
Richard Hofstadter
That was easy. <<<<<<
That's not the most obvious name. The answer is like the answer to the question Groucho Marx used to ask on his quiz show: "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?" Wikipedia says --
A riddle relating to Grant's Tomb, popularized by Groucho Marx on his game show You Bet Your Life, is "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?" Though the proper answer is "nobody"—Grant and his wife are entombed, not buried—Groucho would usually accept "Grant". Groucho would ask this question to contestants to ensure that they won something on his show; a similar question was, "How many bullets are there in a six-shooter?"
Anyway, why didn't Hofstadter call it Social Galtonism, or Social Spencerism, or Social Haeckelism, etc., etc.? Because he figured that Darwin started it all.
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Fake Dave said --
>>>>>Google hit counts (for combination of "social darwinism" plus name) are:
Hitler 342,000
Nietzche 114,000
Haeckel 44,000
Galton 38,800
Chamberlain 36,600
Jack London 12,900
Gobineau 970
<<<<<<<
So Hitler won hands down, and people say that Darwin is not linked to Hitler? LOL
You may be wrong, ViW. It might not be that Larry(?) has missed the point. It may be that he saw that he was wrong and is trying to change the subject.
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