NBC's Friday show on Origin of Man

Keith B Miller (kbmill@ksu.ksu.edu)
Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:35:00 -0600

John Misasi gave a brief description of a recent NBC show that seemed to
cover everything from the Paluxy "mantracks," to the lost civilization of
Atlantis. John states: "The show was premised on the idea that when science
encounters information that doesn't fit its current theory ... it tends to
ignore the evidence and banish the scientist who doesn't back off his/her
claim."

This sad state of affairs emphasizes a point made recently by Paul Arveson
and others on this newsgroup. Our society has ceased to believe in
objective truth and objective science. It views any theory as good as any
other, and sees scientists as advocates who select data to fit their
preconceived ideas. To say that a particular theory is catagorically wrong
is to be viewed as a close-minded elitist. Therefore advocates of alien
visitations, or Atlantis, or Velikovsky catastrophes, or flood geology have
the right to have their ideas put forward as possible alternatives to the
presently accepted scientific theory.

Keith Miller

Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.ksu.edu
http://www.ksu.edu/~kbmill/