Tucker Carlson rejects Darwin's theory of evolution: 'No evidence'
Its hard to describe this. Is he pandering to his audience, has he finally gone completely insane, is he just an idiot?
Its hard to describe this. Is he pandering to his audience, has he finally gone completely insane, is he just an idiot?
The way Carlson frames the question, there is no room for discussion. But his simple answer actually belies how varied the views of Christians are when it comes to evolution. According to a 2019 Pew Research poll of Americans, between 32 and 62 percent of white evangelical Protestants said they believed humans evolved over time, rather than always existing in their present form. (At its 75th General Convention in June 2006, the Episcopal Church passed a resolution supporting the teaching of evolution in schools.) Among Catholic responders, the numbers were even higher: Between 71 and 87 percent agreed that humans evolved over time. (In Humani generis Pius XII, in 1950, confirmed that there is no intrinsic conflict between Christianity and the Theory of Evolution.) Famed biologist E.O. Wilson has pointed out that fringe opponents of evolution cite Darwin to make it sound like evolution is an ideology that can be traced back to just one man, rather than a well-supported theory. 'It's a rhetorical device to make evolution seem like a kind of faith, like 'Maoism',' he said. 'Scientists don't call it 'Darwinism'.' And in truth, Darwin did not come up with the theory of evolution. Rather, he refined the ideas of scientists who came before him to develop his idea of 'survival of the fittest.' Carlson is not the first person to credit Darwin alone with the theory of evolution as a way to imply that it stands on equal footing with his own ideas about human origins. The broadcaster was quickly rebuked for his comments by scientists, who correctly pointed out that Carlson misrepresented what a scientific theory is, and that his comments ignore the mountains of evidence supporting the theory of evolution. The commentator's critics even included some of his frequent boosters like billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk . Musk replied to multiple such posts on X criticizing Carlson, expressing his agreement with them. Scientists have refined their explanations since Charles Darwin proposed the theory in the 1800s, but the core idea is the same, and evolution remains the agreed-upon scientific explanation for how living things came to be the way they are. 'Tucker Carlson misunderstands that in everyday speech, 'theory' refers to a hunch or a speculation, but in science, it refers to a comprehensive explanation of nature,' wrote clinical psychologist Jonathan Stea on X. 'Many scientific theories are so well-established that no new evidence is likely to change them. E.g: evolution,' he said.
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