Timo wrote:One thing i agree on, though, is that the title of this thread is inappropriate. "Moderator's War on Rational Thought" would be more appropriate.
The moderators of what, Scientific American?
Timo wrote:One thing i agree on, though, is that the title of this thread is inappropriate. "Moderator's War on Rational Thought" would be more appropriate.
dohboi wrote:the main 'war on science' is being waged by the likes of the Koch Brothers ....
Apneaman wrote:We had this game in the 1970's - Twister - you had to contort your body to make your hands and feet fit around other people and into a certain spot. We do that with science - contort it to make it go where we want it to.
Timo wrote:At least science can be fun at a party!
With the right company, of course!
Timo wrote:Evolution is a theory, based on credible, verifiable facts that support that theory. Creation is pure 100% faith with no scientific explanation, whatsoever, unless, of course, the Big Bang is considered the moment of creation, several hundred billion years ago, and that disproves the faith of godly creation according to the known "facts' of evangelicals.
Surveys show that moderate liberals and conservatives embrace science roughly equally (varying across domains), which is why scientists like E. O. Wilson and organizations like the National Center for Science Education are reaching out to moderates in both parties to rein in the extremists on evolution and climate change. Pace Barry Goldwater, extremism in the defense of liberty may not be a vice, but it is in defense of science, where facts matter more than faith—whether it comes in a religious or secular form—and where moderation in the pursuit of truth is a virtue.
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jedrider wrote: Peak Oilers are all Luddites to some extent.
jedrider wrote:I don't quite see the point of this repost.
article wrote:41 percent of Democrats are young Earth creationists, and 19 percent doubt that Earth is getting warmer.
jedrider wrote:I doubt Liberals are anti-science,
Timo wrote:kanon wrote:I would add that we are not as smart as we think, so all knowledge is inherently suspect and subject to revision.
Speak for yourself!
So my question is, how does one know if they are simply employing healthy skepticism in investigating alternate explanation for [whatever] or rather, are indulging in an ego trip fantasy that they are the real life Neo with greater insight into reality than that of mainstream science?
“The United States has single-handedly masterminded all military conflicts. Today the Western countries have positioned themselves as the main ‘architects’ of the international relations and the United States as the only superpower in the world,” Lt. Gen. Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the General Staff’s Main Operations Directorate, said.
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