Catastrophes, not slow change, dominate evolution. Mass extinctions have reset life on Earth again and again— and 99.9% of all species are gone because of them. So why are we still clinging to gradualism?

We are due now!

Historical geology often offers evidence supporting this thesis of Punctuated Equilibrium.

Hierarchy. Plain and simple.

I think the world is ready for a new cleanse..

Because the bastards cant let the lie out of the bag. Their selfish survival, they think, depends on it. 21 years to go.

Indoctrination. ~80% of the human population are naturally followers incapable of independent thinking. The Milgram Experiment explains it all.

Tradition. Tradition rejects punctual creation as Biblical creation. Punctuated equalibrium is the key. .

Darwin gets pushed.

Gradualism is mathematically much simpler to model - and catastrophism requires a lot more data (of the timing, location and magnitude of events). YD studies, and AI analysis, offers hope, but there is also the science vs religio-mythological barrier.

Just imagine how different Earth might be had the great bottleneck succeeded..