Colbard writes:
I did not think that a different view would cause such a kerfuffle
It's not so much the views you hold but the method you apply to arrive at them and then preferring to keep believing them when they are shown to be wrong. We're not good at doing irrational here.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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