tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post113945195031278776..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: "Good Science" and the Religious RightAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-12189839924925550242007-02-28T22:08:00.000-07:002007-02-28T22:08:00.000-07:00Reality is often very subtle and is often lost on ...Reality is often very subtle and is often lost on those of us without the proper scientific pedigree...bear with us!<BR/><BR/>"Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht." - Albert EinsteinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1140187213809360982006-02-17T07:40:00.000-07:002006-02-17T07:40:00.000-07:00I get into "discussions" with my father all the ti...I get into "discussions" with my father all the time about this sort of thing. He's fundamentalist and I'm athiest. I have a scientific education and he's a trades person with little education. He seems to completely discount that my education means something when I comment on science problems like global warming. He says there's all sorts of information out there to support any position you might want to take. He says people believe what they want to. He has no respect for the ideas of epistemology. I only talk to him because he's my father, but really, I have no hope that he will ever actually listen to me and maybe question his approach. He doesn't see the irony in claiming to think for himself, when he throws around labels, ad hominems, and ignores the facts.<BR/><BR/>I just don't understand how people can respect the expertise of, say, their mechanic or doctor, and then discount the consensus of the scientific community as "just a theory" or "just people's opinion".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1139627631926347442006-02-10T20:13:00.000-07:002006-02-10T20:13:00.000-07:00Greetings anonymous sophomore. I may have a freshm...Greetings anonymous sophomore. I may have a freshman niece floating around your university next year.<BR/><BR/>I wish you luck in your debates . . . and do not be timid.<BR/><BR/>I am serious when I say that the types of mistakes that are bound to happen when people ignore reality are the types of mistakes that get people killed.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1139512757922096942006-02-09T12:19:00.000-07:002006-02-09T12:19:00.000-07:00I am a sophomore at the university of Wyoming majo...I am a sophomore at the university of Wyoming majoring in molecular biology, this is the very kind of thing that made me want to go into science, the supression of ideas is terrible. Even here in the university setting I get into debates every day, even walking throught the student union, over evolution and the improtance of science to our society. We need to focus on accepting the "good" and "bad" science regardless of how it might affect usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com