Why do ppl not understand evolution is a slow process?

Question

it take a very very long time, also with humans are gene pool is large and we have a large population so good mutations dont get around quickly also humans change the environment to suit our needs, we do not need to adapt to the environment, so ppl without beneficial adaption do not die like in other species ,

Answer 1

The people who "not understand evolution is a slow process" are uneducated fundie; they make my flesh crawl.

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Answer 2

In order for people to understand they've gotta be willing to actually listen for 5-10 minutes and many aren't. Some people if you can't do it in a sentance, won't listen anymore.

I still remember when my teacher went over it in school. We had a boy in class who would not hear a word of it. Not a single word. And then he would make illogical arguments about how we're "not monkeys" while she was explaining the bell curve, and the 98% breakdown. It's people like that.

Answer 3

You are talking about the same people who believe the world is only 6000 years old.

And our gene pool is actually not that large compared with other primates.  During the ice ages our species was nearly driven to extinction with only a few thousand of us surviving, greatly limiting our gene pool from its original variation.  And with this limited gene pool, it makes your point even more because mutations still don't "get around quickly".  

Answer 4

I think a big part of the problem is that it's really hard for people to envision long periods of time... I mean millions of years... because it is so far outside of our normal experience.  When your life lasts only a few decades, a million years is hard to imagine.  I think that is part of the reason why evolution is hard to fathom for a lot of people.  Well, that and the fact that many religious leaders tell them that God created everything about 6,000 years ago and they should ignore all the evidence to the contrary.

Answer 5

Because they fell asleep during those classes in school.

Answer 6

Blame science. Scientists are the ones coming up with all the technology that keeps people alive when nature would kill them otherwise.

Survival of the fittest hasn't meant what it's supposed to for a hundred years, at least.

"Miracles" and God account for very little.... none, if you ask some of the people who post here.

Answer 7

So people keep telling me to wait around for a couple 1000 years, but uh wait, I don't think they will be around to prove their point. "It's a slow process" is all they keep saying. Well what about now? What animal has evolved from 10000 years ago? As far as I'm concerned, the animals that exist today existed when Adam was around to name them all. And the only "new species" we have are those that have been made by some crazy scientists hand. Whose to say that all those "human/ape" bones weren't created by someone. There is proof of that. I just get tired of hearing all these other explanations on how we got here. Is it that hard to have a mustard seed size of faith to just believe that we were created by God? Faith is just to big a leap for some people. I would rather have faith in God than in man.

Answer 8

Consider this

Mysteries In Science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zTXxpXOo...

The Young Age of the Earth

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

The Origin of Man by Dr. Duane Gish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3FZDysZK...

The Origins of Life

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

Evolution: Challenge of the Fossil Record - Part 1 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NkO6fQvy...

Skull Fossils - As Empty as the Evolutionary Theory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yu5jN897...

Neanderthals - Smarter Then We Thought

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxL636n3w...

Dinosaurs: Those Terrible Lizards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVvGByvp1...

Atheist's NightMare: Evolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udqoCGPnV...

Our Solar System: Evidence For Creation

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

Answer 9

See poster above. Some people are just too stubborn to accept evidence.

Answer 10

A complicated thought that shows a good understanding of evolutionary science.  

Bravo!

The reason no one understands evolution?  Poor education.  It is glossed over, even in better schools, because of its controversy.

Answer 11

Because they haven't been educated about evolution?

Human evolution is a bit strange because it selects for the people who have the most children.  Since we don't have any natural predators, and agriculture can provide a surplus of food, people can spread their genes most effectively by having as many children as possible.  It's no longer survival of the fittest, but rather a breeding arms race.  

Unfortunately, the most educated people have the least number of children, and the most uneducated people have the most children (partially because of s*x education).

There is also selection for people who can fight off fatal diseases, like there are now lots of AIDS resistant people in Africa, but that's only happening in a few select places.

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