User:Bootmii/Conservapedia:Refutations

This page is a list of articles which openly refute creationist, or otherwise fundamentalist Christian, positions as they are stated on Conservapedia. While general principles, they may specifically address the principles as iterated on Conservapedia.

Scientific Refutations

 * Despite claims to the contrary, the Speed of Light in a vacuum is in fact constant, and has always been.
 * There are numerous and spectacular examples of experimental evidence in support of relativity; furthermore, mainstream scientists are not conspiring to "exaggerate" the science of relativity for the purpose of advancing moral relativism. See  Conservapedian relativity.
 * The Second Law of Thermodynamics does not disprove evolution!
 * Transitional fossils have been found. All fossils are 'transitional' - the term itself is not used by any serious scientific expert
 * The Bible did not come up with all of modern science: Biblical foreknowledge is a bunk theory.
 * In this truly stellar article, our contributors prove that Dr. Behe's new book is, if possible, worse science than intelligent design! Read our dissection of "The Edge of Evolution" here.  Also, read about Intelligent Design.
 * Irreducible complexity is a pseudoscience.
 * Conservapedia exhibits a rudimentary failure to understand the concept of the scientific theory, as proven here.
 * The half-life of carbon has not changed significantly over billions of years, nor could it without destabilizing all of chemistry. Therefore, carbon dating is accurate.
 * Entropy and thermodynamics has nothing to do with information, a product of the human mind beyond the scope of physics.
 * Entropy does not always increase in nature. If it did, water would never freeze and rubber bands couldn't stretch. (It will only increase with certainty in an isolated system - in this case, it will increase in relation to the Universe as a whole. For example, when water freezes, the entropy of the water decreases but the heat given off increases the entropy of the surrounding air)

Medical Refutations

 * Despite some claims, vaccines are not dangerous, and are actually beneficial.
 * Abortion is not a major risk factor for breast cancer.
 * Lawyers are not more qualified to talk about infectious diseases than doctors.

Political Refutations

 * Conservapedia, despite being founded by a Harvard-educated lawyer, makes rookie legal mistakes.
 * Conservapedia slanders the basic tenets of law, but you can find correct statements of discrimination law here.
 * The landmark Kitzmiller case dealt a death blow to intelligent design, not withstanding Conservapedia's criticism.
 * The New Deal was not known as the "New Ordeal," until RobS invented the phrase.
 * See how America has suffered from politics and science in the Bush administration.
 * The gay rights movement is alive and well.

Miscellaneous Refutations

 * Creationists on Conservapedia use their poor rhetorical skills to get around their poor scientific skills. Learn to avoid their traps here.
 * Homosexuality is not inherently evil.
 * The Bible contradicts itself frequently.
 * Reparative Therapy, or the pseudo-medical attempt at turning a gay man or woman "straight," probably does not work, and may cause psychological harm to the person.

Essay Refutations

 * Our own PalMD tackles Conservapedia's claim that evolution is politically motivated in this piece.
 * Conservapedia claims that liberals behave badly on Conservapedia, but creationists behave much worse.
 * Conservapedia's resident quoteminer talks about how evolution caused Nazism. But he's... a bit off.
 * Karajou is convinced that liberals are the oppressors of all of humanity. He's slightly turned around, as PalMD proves in this essay.  Man, Karajou is such a clown!
 * Lifeboat ethics, Andy's ill-conceived attempt to bash public schools (again). Beware &mdash; this is the sort of sloppy thinking that comes from homeschooling.