tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782955.post8347991581145569035..comments2024-01-03T04:56:16.207-08:00Comments on In the Dark: The Anti-Intellectualism of DenialPeter K Fallon, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16160456656334463912noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782955.post-61403642673917115862008-04-13T16:34:00.000-07:002008-04-13T16:34:00.000-07:00The wonderful thing about anonymity is that you ca...The wonderful thing about anonymity is that you can lob whatever out-of-context grenade you want and walk away without the burden of responsibility; or without regard for caring about the burden of responsibility.<BR/><BR/>There is a difference between skepticism and politically-biased close-mindedness, in the same way that there is a difference between tolerance for diverse ideas and credulity.<BR/><BR/>I see that you include yourself among the "great scientific minds" of our day, because you refuse to believe in something that's been pretty-well established, empirically. You don't mention anything else about your political orientation. I'm SURE it's irrelevant. Or not.<BR/><BR/>It's unbelievably ironic that acceptance of creationism as a "science" is supposedly "intellectual" in (what you call) modern times. And the same is true of THIS denial of science.Peter K Fallon, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16160456656334463912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782955.post-65968175513827965112008-04-13T11:16:00.000-07:002008-04-13T11:16:00.000-07:00Skepticism is the heart of intellectual science an...Skepticism is the heart of intellectual science and if you don't understand that you really, really need to learn about Scientific Method and the history of science. All the great scientific minds lashed out against the accepted intellect of the day and won.<BR/><BR/>Its unbelievably ironic that conformity to consensus is supposedly "intellectual" in modern times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com