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I came across this image on Facebook and realized that it manages to sum up a crucial point in few words:<\/p>\n

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When someone offers evidence and does research that radically changes our understanding of the world, or decisively disproves something that was previously accepted, they make news headlines and win science prizes.<\/p>\n

The next time someone says to you that they have or know of evidence disproving evolution, or any other mainstream scientific conclusion, maybe the best thing to do is to respond the way the meme image suggests, and ask them where their Nobel Prize is.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I came across this image on Facebook and realized that it manages to sum up a crucial point in few words: When someone offers evidence and does research that radically changes our understanding of the world, or decisively disproves something that was previously accepted, they make news headlines and win science prizes. 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