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What is the greatest evidence against the theory of evolution...?

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You ARE.
Aren't you much much smarter than a cat?
Why?

I am not your evidence because you can't even show any actual evidence that humans are created and that we did not evolve.
You're just a horrible broken record right now. Show some dignity and bow out.
 
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How was intelligence evolved? Does it go back and forth along an average level? Or does it increase with time?
It goes back and forth. It still does. But, in our case, the average kept going up.

Not every animal had the right body plan and environment to take advantage of intelligence.

Sloths for example have smaller brains and slower metabolisms then their ancestors, which saves them a whole lot in energy requirements.
 
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It goes back and forth. It still does. But, in our case, the average kept going up.

Not every animal had the right body plan and environment to take advantage of intelligence.

Sloths for example have smaller brains and slower metabolisms then their ancestors, which saves them a whole lot in energy requirements.

If the level of intelligence among evolved animals went up and down along an average value, then why didn't the degree of human intelligence fit the statistical average? Why is human special?
 
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Can you rephrase that, please?
Because as it stands you are literally typing nonsense.

Why would the common ancestor of chimp and human spent dramatically different amount of energy to develop dramatically different levels of intelligence between chimp and human?
 
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I am not your evidence because you can't even show any actual evidence that humans are created and that we did not evolve.
You're just a horrible broken record right now. Show some dignity and bow out.

A broken record is the only way to answer your broken question.
You ARE an evidence that human intelligence can not be evolved.
 
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A broken record is the only way to answer your broken question.
You ARE an evidence that human intelligence can not be evolved.

You haven't even shown that human intelligence was created. You have been unable to actually show that it was created. You repeatedly saying that I am the evidence is not answering the SMEGGING REQUEST!!
Do you actually have any evidence, any scientific evidence that human intelligence is created and not evolved? And do not say "You are the evidence", otherwise I will report you for being a troll.
 
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You haven't even shown that human intelligence was created. You have been unable to actually show that it was created. You repeatedly saying that I am the evidence is not answering the SMEGGING REQUEST!!
Do you actually have any evidence, any scientific evidence that human intelligence is created and not evolved? And do not say "You are the evidence", otherwise I will report you for being a troll.
You might as well report him. He just keeps saying the same thing over and over and over again. I give up on people like that here. I just push Delete when their posts crop up in my mailbox.
 
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A broken record is the only way to answer your broken question.
You ARE an evidence that human intelligence can not be evolved.
And a broken mind with OCD keeps repeating itself over and over and over again.
 
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Anything wrong with my repeated message?
Yes. It contributes nothing to the discussion and give the distinct impression, rightly or wrongly, that you suffer from some sort of obsession or obsessive thinking that prevents you from entering into meaningful dialogue.
 
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How was intelligence evolved? Does it go back and forth along an average level? Or does it increase with time?
Either can happen, depending on if the intelligence is helping with survival and reproduction, or hurting it.
 
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I said that human intelligence is not evolved.
You made a claim. Now provide some actual evidence for it. Guess what isn't evidence:

1. That we exist. The mere existence of something is never evidence for where it came from. Yes, even the fact that cars exist alone does not make for evidence that someone made the cars. You keep parroting this argument anyways, despite being repeatedly refuted, and everyone is sick of it.

2. That we are the smartest species. Obviously, on a planet with multiple species, there's going to be one that holds this distinction. It's inevitable, and it doesn't make our intelligence special in and of itself.
 
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If the level of intelligence among evolved animals went up and down along an average value, then why didn't the degree of human intelligence fit the statistical average? Why is human special?
As people have said multiple times:
Because the combination of the other traits and environment meant that an increase in intelligence was a net advantage all the way to Homo sapiens.

Wolves are way smarter then mice, who are way smarter then lizards. It's a trait all animals have to different degrees. We are just an extreme example. But you have presented zero barriers to an increase in intelligence being evolved.

Why would the common ancestor of chimp and human spent dramatically different amount of energy to develop dramatically different levels of intelligence between chimp and human?

Humans have a different body structure and environment.

Australopithecus afarensis was probably not much smarter then a chimp, but lived on the savanna and walked upright.

A possible explanation is that the combination of more benefit from tool use from free hands and less places to hide from predators made intelligence a bigger advantage.
 
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I said that human intelligence is not evolved.

Yes, and you have repeatedly said that human intelligence was created. Do you have any actual scientific evidence that it was created and did not evolve?
And I'll reiterate: And do not say "You are the evidence", otherwise I will report you for being a troll.
 
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Yes. It contributes nothing to the discussion and give the distinct impression, rightly or wrongly, that you suffer from some sort of obsession or obsessive thinking that prevents you from entering into meaningful dialogue.

If I have a better question, I will definitely give better answer.
 
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Either can happen, depending on if the intelligence is helping with survival and reproduction, or hurting it.

It did not happen. We don't have an animal as smart as human.
 
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You made a claim. Now provide some actual evidence for it. Guess what isn't evidence:

2. That we are the smartest species. Obviously, on a planet with multiple species, there's going to be one that holds this distinction. It's inevitable, and it doesn't make our intelligence special in and of itself.

Our intelligence is off scale. That is not evolutional.
 
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Wolves are way smarter then mice, who are way smarter then lizards. It's a trait all animals have to different degrees. We are just an extreme example. But you have presented zero barriers to an increase in intelligence being evolved.

A possible explanation is that the combination of more benefit from tool use from free hands and less places to hide from predators made intelligence a bigger advantage.

Tool use is the consequence of high intelligence, not a cause of high intelligence.
Why are we so extremely smart? It is not a product of evolution.
 
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