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How does Creationism parallel the belief that epilepsy is caused by demonic spirits? Hmmm, I'm not quite sure...
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How does Creationism (whatever that is) and those who deny climate change parallel those imaginary people in your scenario?
How does Creationism parallel the belief that epilepsy is caused by demonic spirits? Hmmm, I'm not quite sure...
Neither am I. I don't see the parallel.
I guess there isn't any parallel then between Creationism, which posits a supernatural cause for the origin of species or special "kinds," and the belief that seizures are generated by demonic forces. I really can't put my finger on how they are alike.
I know that there are a multitude of people who hold certain beliefs and I know that Christian Scientists have beliefs akin to this but as a whole Creationists belief that God created the universe. There are many facets that go along with that and perhaps even some of those might have a belief as such but it is far from a characteristic belief of Creationists.
I know that there are a multitude of people who hold certain beliefs and I know that Christian Scientists have beliefs akin to this but as a whole Creationists belief that God created the universe.
My research is in the epilepsy field. What could potentially threaten my embryonic career in this field? Imagine that a large proportion of the public believed that epilepsy was caused by demonic spirits, and that the most preferable treatment for this condition was not medication or surgery but the incantation of a witch doctor. Imagine further that these people organised themselves into well-financed groups whose members succeeded in occupying strategic positions at all levels of government. From there, they exert their influence on research funding, ensuring that no grant proposal of mine ever receives funding. They have members on ethics boards, ensuring that all my proposed studies fail to pass ethical review for spurious reasons. Their toxic influence pervades the science curriculum too, where they push their antiquated and erroneous views into classrooms all around the country, giving them the opportunity to malign legitimate research wherever their textbooks are read. It is this sort of situation that threatens the careers of scientists everywhere.
Beyond literature based research and similar activities, almost all scientific work is done in the here and now and even the reading activities could be considered that way. All working science is operational in nature.What I was referencing was scientific assumptions about what happened in the past and common ancestry ideas. Much different than operational science in the here and now which you study.
What I was referencing was scientific assumptions about what happened in the past and common ancestry ideas. Much different than operational science in the here and now which you study.
What I was referencing was scientific assumptions about what happened in the past and common ancestry ideas.
Much different than operational science in the here and now which you study.
What I was referencing was scientific assumptions about what happened in the past and common ancestry ideas. Much different than operational science in the here and now which you study.
Well, there is, kind of. In physics there are distinctions drawn between experimental and theoretical physicists. Many choose careers in one path or the other. My chief hobby is acoustics and in it I'm an experimental physicist. I do mostly measurements and verifications, using the theories of others.There
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What I was referencing was scientific assumptions about what happened in the past and common ancestry ideas. Much different than operational science in the here and now which you study.
Well, there is, kind of. In physics there are distinctions drawn between experimental and theoretical physicists. Many choose careers in one path or the other. My chief hobby is acoustics and in it I'm an experimental physicist. I do mostly measurements and verifications, using the theories of others.
Well, there is, kind of. In physics there are distinctions drawn between experimental and theoretical physicists. Many choose careers in one path or the other. My chief hobby is acoustics and in it I'm an experimental physicist. I do mostly measurements and verifications, using the theories of others.
Hey. ED.
Did God make the impact craters?
No, they fell from the sky. You can read about a recent one here that was witnessed by many people and didn't kill anyone but was 200,000 lbs. and left an 85 ft impact crater. Particles were strewn around from it partially breaking up in the atmosphere.
Sikhote-Alin meteorite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here is a smaller, recent impact:
Chelyabinsk meteor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In fact, there is a very long list of observed falls/impacts here:
Meteorite fall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What I was referencing was scientific assumptions about what happened in the past and common ancestry ideas. Much different than operational science in the here and now which you study.
No, they fell from the sky. You can read about a recent one here that was witnessed by many people and didn't kill anyone but was 200,000 lbs. and left an 85 ft impact crater.
What about the one that is 110 miles across, the Chicxulub crater. That isn't even the biggest one. If all of those craters were created in the last 6,000 years, there wouldn't be any life. Also, people would have noticed massive impacts happening almost every decade. The year long winters with no sun would have been pretty obvious. No such records exist.
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