The Gods vs. Stupidity
Hmmm, I need to take a chill pill.
I overreact to statements like the following
"the theorey (sic) of evolution just remains a theorey (sic) after hundreds of years and has been rejected by so many scientists that its not even worth discussing."
I would have no issues with the writer saying that he rejects evolution or that his faith/religion does not accept evolution, but please don't use the term "scientists" to imply this has anything to do with science.
I know that there are bodies of science that are accepted as the authorities in those fields. I wish the writer can inform us as to which body of science has rejected evolution. Unless he is coming from a point where he is not a believer in science and must state that. Or that he subscribes to some other "science" and "scientists" that we are not familiar with.
The Royal Society says that evolution is "recognised as the best explanation for the development of life on Earth from its beginnings and for the diversity of species."
http://royalsociety.org/
The American Association for Advancement of Science says “evolution is one of the most robust and widely accepted principles of modern science.”
http://www.aaas.org/
The following are not my words, but describe very elegantly what a scientific theory is, and a bit about the theory of evolution
In science, a theory is a rigorously tested statement of general principles that explains observable and recorded aspects of the world. A scientific theory therefore describes a higher level of understanding that ties "facts" together. A scientific theory stands until proven wrong -- it is never proven correct. The Darwinian theory of evolution has withstood the test of time and thousands of scientific experiments; nothing has disproved it since Darwin first proposed it more than 150 years ago. Indeed, many scientific advances, in a range of scientific disciplines including physics, geology, chemistry, and molecular biology, have supported, refined, and expanded evolutionary theory far beyond anything Darwin could have imagined.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat01.html#Q02
I overreact to statements like the following
"the theorey (sic) of evolution just remains a theorey (sic) after hundreds of years and has been rejected by so many scientists that its not even worth discussing."
I would have no issues with the writer saying that he rejects evolution or that his faith/religion does not accept evolution, but please don't use the term "scientists" to imply this has anything to do with science.
I know that there are bodies of science that are accepted as the authorities in those fields. I wish the writer can inform us as to which body of science has rejected evolution. Unless he is coming from a point where he is not a believer in science and must state that. Or that he subscribes to some other "science" and "scientists" that we are not familiar with.
The Royal Society says that evolution is "recognised as the best explanation for the development of life on Earth from its beginnings and for the diversity of species."
http://royalsociety.org/
The American Association for Advancement of Science says “evolution is one of the most robust and widely accepted principles of modern science.”
http://www.aaas.org/
The following are not my words, but describe very elegantly what a scientific theory is, and a bit about the theory of evolution
In science, a theory is a rigorously tested statement of general principles that explains observable and recorded aspects of the world. A scientific theory therefore describes a higher level of understanding that ties "facts" together. A scientific theory stands until proven wrong -- it is never proven correct. The Darwinian theory of evolution has withstood the test of time and thousands of scientific experiments; nothing has disproved it since Darwin first proposed it more than 150 years ago. Indeed, many scientific advances, in a range of scientific disciplines including physics, geology, chemistry, and molecular biology, have supported, refined, and expanded evolutionary theory far beyond anything Darwin could have imagined.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat01.html#Q02
posted by Xoff at 3/29/2008 01:01:00 PM
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what's up...missing your posts.
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