On 4 Dec 2007, at 16:26, Richard Baker wrote: > Nick said: > >> I'm pointing out that there's a correlation between skepticism about >> science >> and good science. The country that includes a lot of skeptics about >> science >> is the same country that excels in science. Therefore, one may leap >> to the >> conclusion that skepticism about science causes good science. > > It's not scepticism though. The people in the US who don't believe in > evolution by natural selection by and large aren't saying "we don't > think evolution by natural selection is an adequate explanation for > the extant biological diversity so for the moment we won't believe in > it even though there are no plausible alternatives" but rather "we > don't believe in evolution by natural selection because these fairy > stories are so much more plausible despite the total lack of evidence > for them!" That's not scepticism, it's misplaced credulity. >
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