Re: [asa] YEC arguments

Hi, Burgy,

I prefer to use the term "wishful thinking", rather than lying. The trouble
is if you want to believe anything badly enough, it mars your scientific
judgement, and you don't exercise proper scrutiny over the bits you should.

Of course, all scientists are prone to this - the bigger the prize, the more
prone you are. Hence the infamous "Cold fusion" fiasco perpretated by
Fleishmann and Pons going to the press before peer review. The thought that
a fusion reactor saving the world's energy problems could be constructed for
a couple of hundred dollars was such a big prize that they convinced
themselves too early that they were right.

Iain

On 10/19/06, burgytwo@juno.com <burgytwo@juno.com> wrote:
>
> Michael Roberts wrote: "Over the years (many) I have read vast
> amounts of YEC and ID literature of all sorts. As I unravelled any
> scientific argument in them (had to be geology as that is my field) I
> found that they were ALWAYS marked by inaccuracies , misquotation
> misrepresentation etc. Further no correction is ever listened to.
> Hence the root problem is moral and nothing else."
>
> My own take is that they (and I refer primarily to Duane Gish and
> Henry Morris, with whom I have broken bread) are so blinded by their
> worldview that they literally cannot see the problems nor the
> inaccuracies they use.
>
> When I was a sysop on Compuserve about a decde ago, the term "liars
> for Jesus" was frequently applied to them. When one does not tell the
> truth, it may be a lie -- it may not be.
>
> I can think of no reason either Gish or Morris would lie
> deliberately. In a few years I'll have an opportunity to explore this
> subject more deeply with both of them.
>
> Burgy
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