alt Hacker News>The reason is that genetics/evolution don't yet seem to fully explain how humans exist. A computer genetic algorithm run for a billion generations doesn't lead to anything anywhere near the the complexity of a human.
I didn't have "creationism" as the top answer to a HN post in 2026, yet here we are...
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qsera • today at 9:02 AM
How is that creationism? Saying that we don't have a good answer is not the same as suggestion one particular hypothesis.
To me suggesting that sounds pretty anti-intellectual!
fragmede • today at 8:27 AM
Anti-intellectuallism is everywhere, especially amongst the intellectuals. The latest bent of this is to ask if an AI wrote this, rather than engage with the substance of what's written.
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Have you read the next paragraph?
> I suspect there are as-yet undiscovered effects which shape the next generation. Whether that be DNA methylation, gut bacteria passing from mother to child, selection of the 'correct' egg or sperm out of millions, or something new and un-discovered etc.
I can't see where it mentions "creationism".