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Replacing yourself with a chat bot is just like arguing in person, except that it doesn't try your patience or waste your time, only the other guy's, and it doe

Replacing yourself with a chat bot is just like arguing in person, except that it doesn't try your patience or waste your time, only the other guy's, and it doesn't give you any opportunity to learn or be exposed to novel ideas. I don't see any problem with this, as long as you're actually right when you do it. It's never a waste of time to truthfully tell someone that they're wrong, as long as you give them the information that's necessary for them to realize why. And in my experience, most of the "novel ideas" that the anti-evolution folks have to offer while discussing evolution are very much worth skipping.

colomon 16y ago
Are you kidding?! I watched an anti-evolution video about a decade ago, and it was so creatively wrong it has been an endless source of mirth for me since. "You see, there was a giant ice shield around the Earth in the early days, and that messed up carbon dating. Then God melted it to create the flood!"
- anthonyb 16y ago
  I can remember explaining evolution one Sunday morning to a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses who were very confused about how it all worked ("No, no, evolution isn't random. How it works is that you have this population of animals who are all slightly different..."). They lasted maybe half an hour or 45 minutes before they fled. I figured it was a public service - every minute they spend with me is one less minute that they're sinking their hooks into weaker prey :) I think I still have their little blue book of "How life began" somewhere. They lent it to me, but never came back to collect it.
  - J3L2404 16y ago
    This band was practicing one afternoon when Mormons came to the door http://www.myspace.com/captaincreationandthegodrobots http://www.myspace.com/captaincreationandthegodrobots They said they liked the music, but I never told them the name of the band - I kind of wish I had.

colomon 16y ago

Are you kidding?! I watched an anti-evolution video about a decade ago, and it was so creatively wrong it has been an endless source of mirth for me since. "You see, there was a giant ice shield around the Earth in the early days, and that messed up carbon dating. Then God melted it to create the flood!"

anthonyb 16y ago
I can remember explaining evolution one Sunday morning to a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses who were very confused about how it all worked ("No, no, evolution isn't random. How it works is that you have this population of animals who are all slightly different..."). They lasted maybe half an hour or 45 minutes before they fled. I figured it was a public service - every minute they spend with me is one less minute that they're sinking their hooks into weaker prey :) I think I still have their little blue book of "How life began" somewhere. They lent it to me, but never came back to collect it.
- J3L2404 16y ago
  This band was practicing one afternoon when Mormons came to the door http://www.myspace.com/captaincreationandthegodrobots http://www.myspace.com/captaincreationandthegodrobots They said they liked the music, but I never told them the name of the band - I kind of wish I had.