Evolutionists don't accept Walt Brown's debate challenge
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Claim
A standing offer exists for a written debate between Walt Brown and an evolutionist, the debate to be published later. In over 15 years, no evolutionist has accepted this offer.
Source
- Brown, Walt, n.d., Center for Scientific Creation, [1].
Responses
- What is the scientific benefit of a professional biologist debating a non-professional? If Mr. Brown has significant evidence to present, he may do so by having his research published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Otherwise, this requested debate is simply politics.
Fallacies contained in this claim
- Exclusion (Meert is excluded, PhD is required)
- Inconsistency (theology is allowed and not allowed)
- Argument from Silence (no one has satisfied Brown's arbitrary criteria, therefore Brown must be right)
- Loaded Question (argument presumes the validity of Brown's arbitrary criteria)
References
- Meert, Joe, 2000. Walt Brown's Pseudochallenge. [2]
Related claims
- Evolutionists don't accept debate challenges
- Evolutionists haven't met Hovind's challenge to prove evolution
External links
Astronomer Phil Plait describes why he doesn't debate pseudoscientists [3]
