Many people require more than just evidence before theyll accept evolution. To these folks,evolution raises such profound questions of purpose, morality, and meaning that they just cant accept it no matter how much evidence they see. Its not that we evolved from apes that bothers them so much; its [[the emotional consequences of facing that fact.]] And unless we address those concerns, we wont progress in making evolution a universally acknowledged truth.

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