tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post8750627710095527382..comments2023-10-10T03:39:50.342-05:00Comments on A Little Urbanity: Scientism, Old and NewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-65563608898434335812006-11-22T12:51:00.000-05:002006-11-22T12:51:00.000-05:00Jim, I kind of doubt that proof of speciation woul...Jim, I kind of doubt that proof of speciation would deter the biblical literalists.<br /><br />After all, the Bible says that the sun moves in the sky and that the sky is a solid dome. There are also two different and contradictory versions of the creation of man in Genesis 1.<br /><br />Yet they still insist on a literal interpretation of Genesis.David Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251439852685796681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-84185204814143922632006-11-22T09:24:00.000-05:002006-11-22T09:24:00.000-05:00Stew, I think that many of the proponents of Marxi...Stew, I think that many of the proponents of Marxist economics and eugenics certainly <i>thought</i> that what they were doing was based on science.<br /><br />But whenever a scientist shifts from "is" to "ought," he has moved from science to scientism, and that's why I used the quotation marks.David Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251439852685796681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-60566507314693933992006-11-21T22:28:00.000-05:002006-11-21T22:28:00.000-05:00There are lots of religous scientists, and I find ...There are lots of religous scientists, and I find my faith in God and search for knowledge to be totally compatible.<br /><br />I often wonder if there was some incontrovertible evidence of evolution producing new species, if it would shake the faith of many in the anti-evolution camp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-62485580751383319852006-11-21T18:09:00.000-05:002006-11-21T18:09:00.000-05:00And to think, Weinberg thought the universe was po...And to think, Weinberg thought the universe was pointless before the advent of blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-53180042316780433042006-11-21T17:16:00.000-05:002006-11-21T17:16:00.000-05:00Did you read the anti-Dawkins piece in this month'...Did you read the anti-Dawkins piece in this month's Harper's? I thought it made some nice points. I read and liked "The Selfish Gene" a long, long time ago - but have cooled on Dawkins since then as he became more shrill.Jim Rosenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12790974034801473071noreply@blogger.com