A particularly vociferous YEC started a thread on the evils of Social Darwinism with the clear implication that the theory of evolution was wrong by reason of its putative misappropriation.
This particular YEC kicked me off his thread, so I thought we could try to have a reasonable discussion here on an uncensored one.
Facts:
1) How a scientific theory is applied culturally has nothing whatsoever to do with the truth value of the theory.
This should be obvious to all but the most ignorant. It's like trying to refute Newton's Law of Gravitation by pointing out human defenestration or the strong nuclear force for the ability to destroy civilization via the hydrogen bomb.
2) Since hardly any type of false reasoning is more transparent, why do anti-evolutionists use this dirty trick? What kind of blatant credulity would cause one to circumvent all reason so as to be influenced by this garbage? It blew me away that there two (or three) creationist posters that seemed to buy into the argument.
3) Are there other examples of attempting to negate a scientific theory by pointing out (putative) misapplications to culture?
Even the most vehement evolution-hater is free to post in this thread sans fear of censorship.
K54
This particular YEC kicked me off his thread, so I thought we could try to have a reasonable discussion here on an uncensored one.
Facts:
1) How a scientific theory is applied culturally has nothing whatsoever to do with the truth value of the theory.
This should be obvious to all but the most ignorant. It's like trying to refute Newton's Law of Gravitation by pointing out human defenestration or the strong nuclear force for the ability to destroy civilization via the hydrogen bomb.
2) Since hardly any type of false reasoning is more transparent, why do anti-evolutionists use this dirty trick? What kind of blatant credulity would cause one to circumvent all reason so as to be influenced by this garbage? It blew me away that there two (or three) creationist posters that seemed to buy into the argument.
3) Are there other examples of attempting to negate a scientific theory by pointing out (putative) misapplications to culture?
Even the most vehement evolution-hater is free to post in this thread sans fear of censorship.
K54
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