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Message 28 of 97 (294825)
03-13-2006 8:55 AM

Reply to: Message 24 by riVeRraT
03-13-2006 7:43 AM

Re: Newspeak

Does science and emotions have a place together or should true scientists be like Spock? (vulcan)

If a person had no emotions at all, why would they want to be a scientist? Or why would they want to be anything?

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Message 36 of 97 (295068)
03-14-2006 12:52 AM

Reply to: Message 32 by LudoRephaim
03-14-2006 12:09 AM

there is no way you can put monkey to man and Genesis 2 in harmony, even allegorically.

I'm not so sure about that.

The act of eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge is, metaphorically, the point at which man became distinct from the other apes. You can look at that metaphorical act as the culmination of evolution. It should be seen as a positive (the rise of human consciousness), not as a negative (as in original sin).

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Message 95 of 97 (307839)
04-30-2006 1:26 AM

Reply to: Message 94 by juven
04-30-2006 1:12 AM

Re: I'm thinking no it's not

Seems to me that a lot of scientists are into a game of saying that creationism is not science, and on that basis dismissing it as unworthy of their or anyone's attention.

The reason that we say creationism is not science, is that creationism makes no testable predictions.

Whether or not creationism is worthy of a person's attention is up to that person. What scientists object to, is an attempt to force teaching of creationism into the science curriculum.

But the consequence / corollary to that would be: science does not and cannot explain everything in the natural world, especially the origins of life and species.

Science does not claim to be able to explain everything. However, it does explain the origin of species rather well. It currently does not explain the origin of life, although there are hypotheses.

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