Nebraska man is a very minor footnote in human palaeontology. It was misidentified in 1922 and this misidentification was widely exposed in the scientific media within a few years....a wonderful example of the one of science's strongest attributes...its self-correcting nature. It hasn't been talked about by evolutionists in over 85 years. Creationists continue to tell bald-faced lies about the whole episode (see http://members.cox.net/ardipithecus/evol/lies/lie020.html ). Isn't it a sin to lie??? Isn't one of the Ten Commandments: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
2007-01-14 03:52:56 · 9 answers · asked by ivorytowerboy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People who use this kind of argument simply misunderstand what science is all about. They think that science is dogmatic, just as their particular grasp of religion is. Therefore, to them, a scientific theory either falls as a whole, or stands as a whole. They don't understand the process of scientific debate and how it leads to more refined theories.
So whenever scientists disagree, these people take it as a sign that the whole theory is wrong - because they expect scientists to act like dogmatic priests. But the truth is, of course, that debate and disagreement is an integral part of the scientific process and that it's even vital to its existence. The same goes for mistakes. Just because a particular aspect of, or finding related to a theory has been provde wrong, it doesn't mean the theory, at its core, is wrong as well. But some people are so used to thinking in terms of dogma they see science as a stack of dominoes and fail to understand that the true strength of science is its ability to reexamine and readjust itself, unlike dogma, which is rigid and has a hard time incorporating new realities or findings.
2007-01-14 04:00:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Uh, begging your pardon. But, I graduated from a Christian University and had a few good courses in the science department on creation/evolution and not once was Nebraska Man brought up. I had never heard of it till you.
If you wanna see my answers on the subject check out my profile and read past answers. I get tired of the whole Creation/ Evolution discussion.
I do find it funny that it came from Nebraska though!
2007-01-14 04:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by crimthann69 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It certainly does look like the people that wrote that did so knowingly that it was a minor issue and had since been corrected and ignored.
I've seen a lot of this, things that are dismissed once they are disproven, that religious people cling to as a weapon against
science.
Another commonly used example is Piltdown Man - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_man#The_forgery_exposed
2007-01-14 04:07:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That site is excellent!
Evangelists often seem to trample the odd commandement here and there in their quest for new minds to brainwash.
2007-01-14 04:06:52 · answer #4 · answered by totnesmartin 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
For some reason, they think finding an error or gap in evolution results in a default conclusion of God Did It.
Stupid, but they do believe that.
2007-01-14 03:58:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I have NEVER even heard of your beloved "Nebraska Man"
Sorry bud.... I guess your friend is not that popular after all.
2007-01-14 03:58:57 · answer #6 · answered by venom! 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Science was wrong once so therefor all science is suspect.
2007-01-14 03:59:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's called clutching at straws.
2007-01-14 03:58:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's all they have to hold on to. Sad really.
2007-01-14 03:59:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋