Charlie Brooker on The Genius of Charles Darwin
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Saturday, Aug 2, 2008
Darwin’s theory of evolution was simple, beautiful, majestic and awe-inspiring. But because it contradicts the allegorical babblings of a bunch of made-up old books, it’s been under attack since day one. That’s just tough luck for Darwin. If the Bible had contained a passage that claimed gravity is caused by God pulling objects toward the ground with magic invisible threads, we’d still be debating Newton with idiots too.
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“The Genius of Charles Darwin” is on Channel 4 on Monday 4 August at 8pm.