R. L. Wysong



Humans, in particular, defy evolutionary explanation. R. L. Wysong (Randy Wysong) is an American veterinarian, anti-vaxxer, cholesterol denialist and young earth creationist writer. He is also the founder of the Wysong pet food company and the Wysong Institute.

Wysong describes himself as an "iconoclastic scientist, veterinary surgeon, health educator, pioneering leader in the natural food and prevention fields, inventor, and philosopher." He operates the website AsIfThinkingMatters.com. His book Solving the Big Questions, argues that "everyone has it wrong". The book claims that abiogenesis, evolution and materialism are false, whilst intelligent design and paranormal powers are true.

Wysong thinks free will "proves" creationism and the laws of thermodynamics disprove evolution He has supported pseudoscientific intelligent design arguments. Never mind the omnipotence paradox. And, to top it all off, he believes the Earth is flat and that gravity does not exist.

The Creation-Evolution Controversy
He is best known for his 1976 young-earth creationist book, The Creation-evolution Controversy. It was not taken seriously by the scientific community. Paleontologist Niles Eldredge noted that:

In the book, Wysong made many mistakes. Regarding the starlight problem, he incorrectly asserted that "the time required [for light] to reach us from the most distant stars is only 15 years." Unsurprisingly, Conservapedia is a fan of the book.

Twitter nuttiness
Wysong has written a lot of bullshit on Twitter:

Evolution is a religion based upon faith.

The fact of the matter is there is no equality anywhere in nature or society. There never was and never will be.

History proves medical interventions do far more harm than good. None of the plagues or epidemics were solved by vaccines.

Racial views
Wysong has argued against the ideas of racial equality.

He is also a fan of races sticking to their "own kind", so he is probably a fan of white separatism. He supports racial segregation in prisons:

Cholesterol and vaccine denialism
Wysong is a cholesterol and statin denialist. He has authored The Cholesterol Myth, 2010. He denies the scientific evidence that blood LDL cholesterol levels increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

He is also a vaccine denialist and argues that vaccines are not safe. He wrote on his website "nobody knows for certain that a vaccine has prevented them from getting a disease."

Pet food
The Wysong company also controversially introduced commercial vegan chow for cats and dogs. This was contrary to R. L. Wysong's own advice of feeding pets a diet that is "as close to the form they would find in the wild as possible."