SCIENCE FTW!!!

WHAT HAS SERVED US BETTER? THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD....OR PRAYER?

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[craigore2011]

I love the suggestion that theories accepted by scientists working to debunk them the world over are nothing more than part of a sinister global conspiracy. I couldn't imagine anything more ridiculous, as trying to get millions of scientists to agree to something they honestly don't is worse than herding cats. It takes a total lack of understanding of who scientists are and how they work, and worse, a total obliviousness to how untenable the views of those who suggest it may in fact be.

[rationalwarrior]

@craigore2011 Absolutely. Just recently I had a theist attempt to convince me of some worldwide conspiracy by scientists to suppress information. It's absurd.

[kysmelmonge]

P.s you never really see physical people that actually make a living making this world better on the news its always some super star or celeb. I feel sorry for those people who strive to create a better living for the rest

[rationalwarrior]

@kysmelmonge Yeah. And these people who work hard to make life better get constantly attacked and insulted by religious folks. They take advantage of the tech but give no respect to the people who developed it. It's really shameful.

[MrLetmepeeinyourbutt]

2:24 (and in a lot of other places in the video) the earth is spinning the wrong way

[rationalwarrior]

@MrLetmepeeinyourbutt LOL!

[HybridD91]

If prayer worked, doctors would be out of business.

[craigore2011]

@Alineniz

well, nobody has a soul, just egos which disappear after we die apparently... and yeah, I'd definitely re-evaluate that friendship.

[craigore2011]

@rationalwarrior

Well if paranoid people want to make that argument I suggest they check out this post on freethought blogs pharyngula/2011/11/02/the-incr­edible-self-destructing-psycho­logist/#comments

Here's an example of what can happen when scientists try to 'suppress' or in this case use fictitious data.

[Alineniz]

She also told me that she had no idea I was an atheist, because atheists have dark eyes as they have no soul....I mean WTF!!!! Then I re-evaluated my friendship with her... lol!

[Alineniz]

@craigore2011 Totally agree to. i was arguing the other day, with a friend of mine that doubts Carbon dating.... She thought it was somehow a conspiracy. So I explained to her that the scientific world is one of the most rigourous evidence-wise. Doubt and skepticism are the norm. For a theory to be proven and to be widely accepted, and to have my friend who only has a BA in communications tell me that, oh...she just doesn't believe it. I was like: Are you for real? O_o

[micmac274]

@kysmelmonge Have you heard of Norman Borlaug? He saved people from starvation. Some say up to 1 Billion people. He invented new forms of wheat and was a proponent of GM to make even more resistant and productive strains of wheat. And yet people only started hearing about him when Penn and Teller mentioned him on BULLSHIT!. It's a great shame that he languishes in obscurity while celebrity idiots get airtime.

[craigore2011]

science is a ruthless meritocracy, with no expectations of loyalty. in short, it pits students against students, students against teachers, teachers against teachers in an endless competition to be the most free of error, and the most thorough in collection, examination, and application of evidence. that is how science works, and that is precisely why it works.