Vision and Evolution (A Critique of Dawkins)

[Abaddon_ire]

If you aren’t capable of conducting an independent investigation into the totality of evidence publicly available to you on this subject you seem to care so much about, what on earth did you think you would accomplish by coming here?  Atheists are in no way obligated to provide you with a science education.

Its not about obligation ma'am, its just basic human interaction skills. How often have you encountered this scenario, and not be even mildly suspicious of the intent:

Person 1: Hey, I just learned about topic X.
Person 2: Cool, what is it about?
Person 1: Go research it, or take a course at university, why are you asking me? I'm not responsible for your education, you're an adult.

Um...no.

Firstly, the general thrust of your dumb questions provides evidence that you are trolling and that you would not actually read let alone understand any papers given to you.

I could provide hundreds for you, but why would I be motivated to do that when you are obviously not even slightly interested. How do I know you are not remotely interested? you may ask. Simple. You have not bothered your arse to undertake even the most basic research.

You are not only ignorant, you are determined to wallow in your own ignorance. Because you just like it in that pit of ignorance.

But that's OK. It's your pit. Wallow away. Just don't complain when nobody is willing to drag you out of it against your own will.

Now, at this point you have alluded to evolution having an ever upward trajectory towards a goal of some sort. That is obviously untrue and not any part of evolution at all. You seem bizarrely to believe it is. 
Why? Who told you that lie? Why did you believe it? Why did you reject the evidence that we actually have in favour of such a crackpot notion?

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Well, awesome, you have “half a degree” in cognitive science.  You’ll come across model based control sooner or later.

-but in the moment, here and now...do you think that your half a degree could be advantageous?

Is it helpful to know things, even if you don’t know all the things?

I don't even think full degrees are advantageous in today's society. Ask me what job I'll have once I graduate. But at least I'll be able to talk about stuff in forums, and that's always fun.

But it is funny that' we've gone from googling, to taking courses, to getting a full degree before I can learn about model based control.

The way you are headed, flipping burgers is most likely in your future.

See I have a whole string of alphabet soup after my name. Why? I earned it. You seem to think you can cruise along because you DESERVE it. Guess what, you don't. Over he course of decades, I have hired many graduates. I was pretty good at spotting the pretenders. Many of my hires are lifelong friends. I have been to their weddings/christianings;funerals/etc.

My point being that I can spot a reject a country mile away, and you are ringing an awful lot of bells in that regard.