Evidence is evidence:

 The interview began with a discussion of his encounter with creationist Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America, “this extraordinary woman who sticks her fingers in her ears, goes ‘la la la' and doesn't actually listen to a word you say.”
What do you say to the people who aren't in the 40 per cent, who are not fools, but are willing to believe in a completely relativistic world in which these arguments are just points of view?
"There is a truly pernicious idea going about that everything is just a personal opinion and everybody is equally entitled to their personal opinion whether it fits with the evidence or not – as if there's nothing special about evidence, evidence is just a patriarchal, chauvinistic way of learning about the world.
Evidence is evidence! Evidence is how we know what's true. Of course you can hold views that are contrary to evidence if you want, but don't expect anybody to respect you for it."
--Richard Dawking
Whole Interview

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