tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post8171857431283736200..comments2024-01-23T08:29:37.538-05:00Comments on DC Dispatches: Defending science : Again and AgainPhilip H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-9516039324756001992010-01-13T09:51:28.408-05:002010-01-13T09:51:28.408-05:00secularist,
I think the real problem is that the s...secularist,<br />I think the real problem is that the science behind cell phones, airplane flights, and car is so removed from daily existance that most people don't think baout htose things as being science or science related. Many of my fellow science-oriented blogeers would respond that its a failing of the education system, but I view it as an economic conundrum. Same with railroads, Philip H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12049875206738422083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-15249791824233959252010-01-08T11:24:51.331-05:002010-01-08T11:24:51.331-05:00Your example exposes a paradox in the art of persu...Your example exposes a paradox in the art of persuasion. You have to let your opponent think he/she arrived at the correct conclusion rather than being persuaded by others. But science teaches us that often, the correct conclusion is not one's original thought.jghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00588440067862480858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345424759983684844.post-8822581755348429552010-01-08T09:40:10.604-05:002010-01-08T09:40:10.604-05:00The one thing we can say is that most people who a...The one thing we can say is that most people who are so suspicious of certain scientific findings typically are suspicious not for the sake of knowledge itself (if they were, they would be generally skeptical of everything, not skeptical on individual issues), but for the sake of their own assumptions or beliefs--religious beliefs, political, etc.<br /><br />You make a great point about the secularist10http://www.100treatises.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com