Biased Interpretation?

Our presupposition is "the evidence is right", and yes, we're prisoner to it. Why shouldn't we be?Their presupposition is "the Bible is right", and obviously they're prisoner to it, as well. The difference is their presupposition leads to slavery and people blowing up children, and our presupposition leads to VCR's and medicine.

That was sort of what I had hoped I had implied; after all, "technology" is the term we use for employing the findings of science to manipulate the natural world.It was my hope to contrast the social strife of the Dark Ages and other examples of theocracy with the practical benefits of the application of science. And also, since I'm an asshole, I was trying to be smarmy and arrogant about it. Mission accomplished!

No, we've simply closed our minds to any explanations besides those based on the evidence. And what's unreasonable about that? When you close your mind to lies, only the truth is left. Until they have a model, what's to discuss? Solipcism.

It's not an assumption, it's an observation. I observe that there are no alternatives to evolution that are based on the evidence. All the alternatives are based on ignorance. But I observe that they are wrong - that they have based their arguments on evidence which does not actually exist. My mind is made up, but it's also open to new evidence. I've come to a conclusion based on the evidence that we have. At such time that we have additional evidence, I'll see if I need to change my mind. But until then, there's no reason to. My VCR works no matter if its a really real object, or just a figment of my imagination. Science leads to testable predictions about our experiences no matter if those experiences reflect real reality, or if they're part of a shared hallucination. Science is the only method of constructing models in the face of solipcism. And the thing about solipcism is, you can't rebut it. I can't even know that. But in the meantime, thanks to science, I can surf the internet.