Crackpot Rhetoric
A crackpot's irrelevant (and false) numerical 'argument' against evolution ends with the usual 'mainstream media' accusation.
Content note: Touches on evolution debates.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-06-17-crackpot-rhetoric/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "How can evolution be true if there are more nucleotides in the genome than galaxies in the entire universe?" B: "What? That fact is irrelevant. And false."
A: "Ah, I see that SOMEONE is carrying water for the mainstream media now." B: "Sigh. I wish crackpots had a wider variety of rhetorical moves."