tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3336479907122457823..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): How the American public views scienceMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-91363674027744593952015-08-28T15:54:01.796-05:002015-08-28T15:54:01.796-05:00That must be true, because fruit flies get into my...That must be true, because fruit flies get into my shut up house and then into my shut up pantry. Reverse Houdini with wings. They will rule the world one day.WilliamRockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06353376414079333348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-63396262505839665122015-08-28T15:52:10.128-05:002015-08-28T15:52:10.128-05:00Thank you. In the other part of the world, the par...Thank you. In the other part of the world, the part that is outside the U.S.A., a lot of people view the people that live inside the U.S.A. as gun toting, god believing, racist weirdos.<br />Obviously a fair few of us 'outsiders' can, and do, think outside that box and realise that one should not pigeon hole a country's entire population based on right wing owned daily 'newspapers' (ours, not yours) the flotsam that is known as tv programs, and especially said tv's news shows.<br />However, a tarred figure will bear traces for a long, long time, so it is partially cleansing to read such words regarding religion, as you write.<br />I do, of course, presume you to be from the good ol' U.S.A. WilliamRockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06353376414079333348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-76124803397336461192015-02-02T19:59:52.133-06:002015-02-02T19:59:52.133-06:00Yes they have. It's a simple matter of statist...Yes they have. It's a simple matter of statistics. You can not keep copying millions and millions of base-pairs of DNA and RNA millions and millions of times for millions and millions cells for generations without making mistakes. Most of those mistakes are insignificant and hence are ignored. Others cause disease, such as cancer. And very sometimes, they lead to an improvement. That's evolution.<br /><br />It's really not that hard.Nepkarelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-41495764270980967992015-02-02T19:55:51.820-06:002015-02-02T19:55:51.820-06:00+1
I try to avoid the term 'believing' wh...+1<br /><br />I try to avoid the term 'believing' when talking about science. I try to use 'being convinced'. <br /><br />What happens when using the word 'belief' is that religious people working to ridicule science purposely conflate the two meanings of the word 'believe'. You can believe in god, as in a religious experience, and you can believe science, as in that you are convinced by the facts.<br /><br />However, problems arrive when people 'believe' in science as a religious experience (Hello scientology) and when people believe in god as a fact-based matter.Nepkarelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-15698245038037315302015-01-31T22:22:33.584-06:002015-01-31T22:22:33.584-06:00Fruit flies haven't evolved over time either.....Fruit flies haven't evolved over time either...Bunk Struttshttp://www.tackyraccoons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61190469557973926552015-01-31T22:17:41.203-06:002015-01-31T22:17:41.203-06:00DDT is one or the most effective pesticides ever, ...DDT is one or the most effective pesticides ever, and prevented millions from dying of mosquito borne diseases. Thank you, Rachel Carson for your reactionary idiocy.Bunk Struttshttp://www.tackyraccoons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22255433474112893442015-01-31T20:37:00.965-06:002015-01-31T20:37:00.965-06:00I'm concerned about the 2% of AAAS members tha...I'm concerned about the 2% of AAAS members that DON'T think humans have evolved over timeleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740328761954477414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-83479983191190048722015-01-31T19:17:25.559-06:002015-01-31T19:17:25.559-06:00What really bothers me is people talking about &qu...What really bothers me is people talking about "believing" in global warming, etc. Science is not a religion, it is based on demonstrable, repeatable facts. It's not something to "believe" in.Barbwirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375742473254773675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-26877643536321696322015-01-31T01:21:06.029-06:002015-01-31T01:21:06.029-06:00The sampling of scientists is a bit troubling. On...The sampling of scientists is a bit troubling. Only 18% of AAAS members surveyed responded, and of those we don't know how many are actual scientists and how many are just members of AAAS. No information on specialties or expertise either. Just "scientists". Seems a bit shoddy on Pew's part.IronHorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106255311347964531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-42853178657701275052015-01-30T19:57:08.666-06:002015-01-30T19:57:08.666-06:00I find the pesticides question odd. I hope it was ...I find the pesticides question odd. I hope it was asked quite clearly. In general, there is no issue with pestacides. Specifically, however, some are not exactly harmless if consumed regularly.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09110900165910048617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59922224911409869022015-01-30T19:26:56.431-06:002015-01-30T19:26:56.431-06:00I don't think so. It doesn't surprise me ...I don't think so. It doesn't surprise me to hear that 5 out of every 8 people in the general public are concerned about eating GM food.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-62175717818005852842015-01-30T19:00:33.179-06:002015-01-30T19:00:33.179-06:00I found the gap for genetically modified food a li...I found the gap for genetically modified food a little troublesome because it confuses the distinction between whether a GM food is "safe" to eat versus whether it's "safe" to unleash GMO's into the broader environment. The two groups might be answering two different questions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com