Poll
Question:
How much do you trust today's science establishment?
Option 1: Completely, because science is the only rational standard for truth
votes: 2
Option 2: I trust the hard sciences like physics and chemistry, but not the soft sciences such as psychology and sociology
votes: 0
Option 3: Scientists are the only academic group that is trustworthy
votes: 0
Option 4: we can't trust our scientists, who can we trust?
votes: 0
Option 5: Compared to what people of faith tend to think, I'd rather put my trust in science
votes: 2
Option 6: As with anything in life, there are good apples and bad apples
votes: 1
Option 7: I tend to trust the scientists who agree with my own personal way of thinking
votes: 0
Option 8: I trust real scientists, but not politicized scientists
votes: 1
Option 9: Scientists are human like anyone else and make mistakes
votes: 0
Option 10: Science today has been thoroughly corrupted with government grant money
votes: 0
Option 11: Too many scientists are taken with either atheism, political correctness or both
votes: 1
Option 12: In many areas, so-called science has become as rigid an orthodoxy as the caricatures of the most intolerant religious eras of the past
votes: 0
Option 13: Most of today's science establishment is totally untrustworthy
votes: 0
Option 14: Other
votes: 1
I borrowed this poll from here [direct link to another forum removed] I'd like to see what you think.
I figured it was a safe bet that you didn't make it up yourself. :rolleyes:
I figure it's a safe bet that you put your faith in atheist scientists. :rolleyes:
Um, scientists can prove their theories...can you?
Quote from: Doc on February 06, 2010, 10:41:52 AM
I figure it's a safe bet that you put your faith in atheist scientists. :rolleyes:
I spend nearly all of my waking hours in conversation with scientists. In your entire life, it is a fairly safe bet that you haven't come within a light year of a clue about what scientists actually do, yet you feel confident that it is safe to use the phrase "atheistic scientists" extremely glibly. And THAT ignorance is what irritates. You have intentionally made yourself ignorant and unaware of the world around you, and still think your evaluation of the processes that govern it is a valid one. Got news for you. NO, it's not. A few hundred years ago, you'd be stoning and burning witches at the stake.
Quote from: followsthewolf on February 06, 2010, 12:11:26 PM
A few hundred years ago, you'd be stoning and burning witches at the stake.
Ahem. FTW, he would be stoning and burning wannabe witches. If he tried it with a true member of the sisterhood, not only would he fail, he would be singing soprano. The skills have not become rusty.
Now wolfie. . .You've got to ask yourself a question; Is it worth it?
(You know the answer to that one). :wink: :biggrin:
But for WIW I agree with your last post! :smile: :yes:
Quote from: LOsborne on February 06, 2010, 01:52:02 PM
Ahem. FTW, he would be stoning and burning wannabe witches. If he tried it with a true member of the sisterhood, not only would he fail, he would be singing soprano. The skills have not become rusty.
I
stand sit corrected. (With my hands clutching my man-parts and begging for forgiveness.)
Yeah, they do tend to go right for the seeds don't they?! :spooked:
Quote from: Palehorse on February 06, 2010, 01:55:37 PM
Now wolfie. . .You've got to ask yourself a question; Is it worth it?
(You know the answer to that one). :wink: :biggrin:
But for WIW I agree with your last post! :smile: :yes:
Yeah, I know.
But, once in a while, I lose patience.
Thanks for reminding me.
Quote from: Doc on February 05, 2010, 09:00:26 AM
I borrowed this poll from here [direct link to another forum removed] I'd like to see what you think.
Pretty stupid, really. The questions are asinine. Science is the presentation of facts, based on known data, or theories, based on known data. Nothing more. It isn't political, or anything other than the search for knowledge and to prove, or disprove, same.
The one question about tainted science being corrupted by gov't should be replace by science tainted by corporate funding. That is a problem. Then there is science tainted by religious nutjobs who's scientific formulation was formulated in easy bake ovens.
Doc, you don't have to worry about an atheist. He won't lie to you about the Universe. He won't tell that you are going to hell. He won't ask you get you down knees and pray for your sins. He won't ask you to give thanks, if he buys your meal and he won't ask you to buy something for the church. Because he doesn't give a damn about ghost, smoke and mirrors, fear and shame. All he cares about the real facts and not some holy magic. I would believe him more than a preacher leaving a widow's house, zipping up his pants and whipping the fried chicken off you mouth. You can take that to the bank with you. The Troll