Glenn Morton a Ècrit:
> I have watched this exchange with interest.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
> >Behalf Of Guy Blanchet
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:32 AM
> >To: george murphy
>
> Guy wrote:
> >> > Please explain what exactly caused you to laugh?
> >>
>
> George replied:
> >> The suggestion that YECs are experts on "accepted scientific
> >methodology".
>
> Guy replied
> >I was suggesting that the majority of OECs, are not the experts
> >they think they are.
>
> So from Guy's reply we are to assume that experts are NOT those who actually
> perform the science experiements and publish them in peer-reviewed
> scientific journals and are indeed to be found among those who don't do
> these things.
>
> Interesting viewpoint. To follow this line of argument we can similarly
> conclude that:
>
> Doctors are NOT the experts in medicine they think they are.
> Car mechanics are NOT the experts in car repair they think they are.
> Accountants are NOT the experts in accounting for money that they think they
> are.
> Theologians are NOT the experts in theology that they think they are.
>
> and finally,
>
> Guy Blanchet is NOT the expert in who is an expert in scientific methodology
> that he thinks he is.
>
> By inversion, then I being an exploration geophysicist am NOT the expert in
> exploration geophysics that I think I am and thus I am an expert in
> everything else! Thanks Guy for proving what I already knew about myself!
> You should teach a course in logic. Your version is much more flexible than
> that crud I learned in school. :-)
>
> glenn
>
> see http://www.glenn.morton.btinternet.co.uk/dmd.htm
> for lots of creation/evolution information
> anthropology/geology/paleontology/theology\
> personal stories of struggle
Mr. Morton,
Yes I agree that OECs are makers of fine scientific theories. But, in striving
to be scientific right down to the tips of their toes they tend to forget that
the ultimate goal of proving that the earth is zillions of years old instead of
only tens of thousands will never be achieved. One very important step in
science which is verification will always be out of reach. So how scientific
are they really?
May I suggest in closing Mr. Morton that outbursts such as the one you just
displayed should ideally not occur on the ASA post.
Regards
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