Re:50% of South Korean biology teachers do not accept evolution
by bankIsSketch on Saturday July 27, 2013 @12:15PM
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The thing is - there ARE plenty of scientists who disagree; they are just shunned by the rest of the academic circle-jerk for not following the wagon. So you, as a potentially scientifically-literate individual, are the victim of journal bias. Evolution is a _theory_ that is heavily debated- the cambrian explosion is one such debate that specifically has evidence against what your comment is. Too lazy to read? Watch the docu "Darwin's Dilemma"
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Re:50% of South Korean biology teachers do not accept evolution
by justinpombrio on Saturday July 27, 2013 @12:46PM
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Yeah, those academics, especially the tenured ones, just hate to say anything out of line.
You emphasize _theory_ as if there was some alternative it could graduate to once it were "accepted". Scientific explanations of the world, no matter how widely accepted, are called theories.
Here is the response to that film by of a Paleontologist who has studied the Cambrian explosion for the past 45 years: https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/a-paleob... (Apologies that his response makes me hesitant to take the time to watch it.)
Re:50% of South Korean biology teachers do not accept evolution
by Tichy on Saturday July 27, 2013 @02:30PM
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Science isn't democracy, things are not true or untrue depending on how many people beliieve them. You can't vote gravity away, for example.
Re:50% of South Korean biology teachers do not accept evolution
by bankIsSketch on Saturday July 27, 2013 @03:54PM
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Journal bias circle-jerking can 'vote' science away. Watch this TED talk about how journal bias is destroying the SCIENCE of medicine (Doctors don't know about the Drugs They Prescribe): http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_what_doctors_don_t_kno...