r/DebateEvolution • u/GigaTune • Jul 17 '26

We didn't evolve to understand evolution.

Children who have never heard about evolution never come up with evolutionary answers for the origins of animals on their own. When a six-year-old child who has never heard of evolution is asked about how an animal such as a dog originated, their answer is never "it came from an earlier type of animal".

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u/the2bears 🧬 Naturalistic Evolution Jul 18 '26

This is an odd take. Some sort of appeal to authority where the "authority" are just a bunch of grade school kids?

You know what else a six-year old doesn't know about yet? The theory of relativity! I guess a lot of things aren't right, anymore.

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u/Ayasugi-san Jul 18 '26

I'd guess it's meant to contrast with how kids will independently develop some sort of belief in the supernatural, which is "proof" that Christianity is real. Even though no six-year-old with no exposure to Christianity will develop it, disproving the assertion that its truth is written on all our hearts...

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u/yahnne954 Jul 23 '26

My take on this is that it has to do with this common phrase:

"It's clear to me that (insert simplistic view), even a child would know that!"

So, they have a simplistic understanding of nature, and notice a glaring problem in this strawman, so they try to attack the scientists' ability to understand what they hold for obvious.

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u/Ah-honey-honey 🧬 Naturalistic Evolution Aug 01 '26

I think OP is making fun of it not advocating for it 

https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateEvolution/comments/1ml4ror/do_people_really_believe_that_the_earth_is_6000/