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Thread #153615   Message #3598950
Posted By: Jeri
06-Feb-14 - 05:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Nye v Ham SMACKDOWN!!!! Tonite!!!!
Subject: RE: BS: Nye v Ham SMACKDOWN!!!! Tonite!!!!
I suspect it only changed the minds of those who weren't convinced already.

I can't take the flat earthers seriously, and I can't take creationism seriously. I don't think arguing with them is anything but frustrating since the science-minded look to empirical data and logic and the followers of creationism look to "I read it somewhere I like, so it must be true". Scientists can change their minds when confronted with new evidence. Creationists can't, because if anything new conflicts with anything already existing, they focus on finding a way to make the evidence fit the dogma.

So I don't think it's worth arguing about. Bill Nye, however, is primarily an educator. That's how I see him, anyway. So he'd make sense to people who haven't closed their minds.

And as for creationist "scientists", you can't be a scientist and completely ignore science.

I'm not saying the people who believe this can't be good folks--I believe Pete is. But I also think that if we were somewhere playing music, this is a subject I would try hard to avoid.