That is what I see with them trying to take their pseudoscience to the courts. Unlike what they like to say, there is no "controversy" and "alternative theory" in scientific community.
2007-03-03 09:33:46 · 2 answers · asked by Alucard 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Some people do believe this. This is an especially common error in the United States, owing to people mistakenly thinking that science is democratic in the same way that the American government is (or supposedly is?). The problem is that science simply isn't democratic--it is based on expert consensus, rather than popular opinion, and appeals to evidence, rather than opinion. Something is unscientific no matter how popular it is--and no matter how many people believe that it is scientific--as long as it fails to meet the rigorous standards of the scientific method. Science does not care one hair about "fairness" or "equality"; all it cares about is learning about and explaining phenomena, as best it can. Science is certainly fallible, but it improves itself by acquiring more information and examining and re-examining the information it has, not through surveys or opinion polls.
2007-03-03 09:37:41 · answer #1 · answered by Rob Diamond 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most creationists do. They would rather vote on the sex of a rabbit than look and see what gender it really is. Either way won't change the sex of the rabbit.
2007-03-03 17:37:55 · answer #2 · answered by gruz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋