Which of these Ideas do you find most credible?

Question

1) Top scientists are currently debating whether Creationism or Evolution is the correct explanation for life on earth..

2) Top scientists are currently debating about whether Global Warming is real or not.

3) It's a basic principle of science that nothing can be considered to be true unless it can predict the future.

4) In matters of life or death, government should not act until everyone agrees.

5) Stem cell research increases the risk of cloning.

Answer 1

Out of the choices you give, 3 is the closest to being credible.

1. Scientists are doing no such thing. In fact, I would venture to say that someone who does not accept evolutionary theory cannot even consider them-self a scientist.

2. Again they are doing no such thing. Global warming is a simple observational fact. The planet has warmed approximately .7 ºC over the past century. There's nothing to debate there.

3. It's a basic principle of science that a theory cannot be valid unless it accurately predicts the future. There are many things taken as true that do no such thing, such as the law of gravity, for example.

4. If we had to wait around for everyone to agree before taking action we'd have died a long, long time ago. The entire point of this sort of science is to give us advanced warning before the facts become obvious to everyone.

5. There is no risk associated with cloning. I am a clone of my identical twin brother; this fact has not caused any problems thus far.

Answer 2

1) This depends on what you call "top scientists." There are many scientists who are studying the creationism theory, whether you would call them top scientists or not is subjective. Evolution is also a theory, it just happens to have more clout among the scientific community.

2) The debate here is not whether the climate is changing; that has pretty much been proven through measurement and observation, making climate fluctuations a fact. The debate is whether human made global warming, a theory known as anthropogenic global warming, is real or not.

3) That is a very poorly worded statement. Of course many things can be considered as true, as long as they can be measured, recorded or observed. We cannot, however, determine the future with 100% aaccuracy.

4) If we waited for everyone to agree nothing would get done.

5) Of course, stem cell research could lead us down the path to human cloning. Animal cloning has already been accomplished though, and I think that alone makes human cloning feasible, stem cell research aside, but as long as this idea is against our basic morals, it won't happen.

So, to answer your question, statement #1 is most credible, because who is and isn't a "top scientist" is really a matter of opinion, and it is true that many scientists are researching the validity of creationism.

Answer 3

2

Answer 4

5

Answer 5

#4 In matters of life or death, government should not act until everyone agrees. This is not the way it should be but it is the way it is in todays world. Especially when it comes to disasters of any sort.

Answer 6

1) there is no debate, all top scientists agree
2) there is no debate, all top scientists agree
3) false
4) sometimes government acts even when 75% disagree
5) if you consider a stem cell a clone, then yes

Answer 7

What is a "Top" Scientist What field of study is that?

Answer 8

Born-again balderdash