✴Analyzing an Evolutionist Misconception✴
~The Argument~ “Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up.” -Rennie, J. (2024, February 20). 15 answers to creationist nonsense. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/15-answers-to-creationist/ ~The Analysis~ The argument cited above is the subtitle of an article published in Scientific American, a popular science magazine. The article is titled 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense. I have read through the entire 16-page-long article, and there are many, many logical fallacies of all kinds throughout it, but I have selected the above statement to analyze. Firstly, I will note something that people often don’t. The writer of this article says “Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism…” The writer here is committing the question-begging epithet because by adding that “ism” to the creation position, but not to the evolution position, he is making it appear that...
