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stevea · 25th February 2017, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy

You don't see scientists huddling together chanting "Darwin was right....Darwin was right....I know in my heart Darwin was right..."

I think that is exactly what you see when ppl who do not understand the science of a particular topic regularly make assertions. I have 4 STEM degrees, yet I've been lectured by ppl whom I suspect could not pass a HS science test, that I am wrong and science is on their side ("X is true", "it's been proven", "the science is settled", sort of talk).

'Science' when used as an appeal to authority, rather than understood, is reduced to a mere religious belief system.

25th February 2017, 12:24 PM	#176
stevea Master Poster Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,061	Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy You don't see scientists huddling together chanting "Darwin was right....Darwin was right....I know in my heart Darwin was right..." I think that is exactly what you see when ppl who do not understand the science of a particular topic regularly make assertions. I have 4 STEM degrees, yet I've been lectured by ppl whom I suspect could not pass a HS science test, that I am wrong and science is on their side ("X is true", "it's been proven", "the science is settled", sort of talk). 'Science' when used as an appeal to authority, rather than understood, is reduced to a mere religious belief system.
stevea Master Poster Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,061