tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post2020896386356715304..comments2023-07-15T04:39:59.759-07:00Comments on Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience: Public (mis)understanding of scienceSteven Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-36505959068579924012009-10-21T08:43:55.322-07:002009-10-21T08:43:55.322-07:00Evolution now mixing in religions too....hope it w...Evolution now mixing in religions too....hope it will be accepted theory everywhere in future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-25425021611807570512008-01-28T05:05:00.000-08:002008-01-28T05:05:00.000-08:00I assume you are objecting to my sentence, "We hav...I assume you are objecting to my sentence, "We have a lot of work yet to do to counteract the creationists." You're right, I should re-phrase that as "We scientists have a lot of work yet to do...."<BR/><BR/>In your second sentence, you assert that "evolution and creation are belief systems", and here I'm afraid you are simply wrong. Evolution is no more a "belief system" than the theory of gravity. You can test evolution, as we (scientists) have done thousands of times, always with positive results. Creationism is a belief system - I agree with you there - based on an interpretation of the Christian bible. (And many Christians disagree with that interpretation.)<BR/><BR/>Your third comment refers (I assume) to the Science Board question about the origin of the universe. Although I don't agree with you that this "does not fit into this category" (of scientific hypotheses, I think I can agree that the question was badly worded. It wasn't even a question, just "The universe began with a huge explosion." Even some physicists might disagree with this - a better true/false question would be "The best scientific model for the origin of the universe states that everything began expanding from a single point about 14-15 billion years ago." This is indeed a testable hypothesis, because it predicts that all observable galaxies should be moving outward from a single point.Steven Salzberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-47682915230910323752008-01-28T00:40:00.000-08:002008-01-28T00:40:00.000-08:00Hi Steven,Thanks for this post but you shouldn't a...Hi Steven,<BR/>Thanks for this post but you shouldn't assume that all your readers are evolutionists. Both evolution and creation are belief systems, with arguments on both sides for their validity. As a scientist you should know that science works by the proposal and testing of hypothesis by repeatable, controlled experiments. The origin of the universe does not fit into this category, so will always remain a (hotly) debated topic, rather than something that can be proved one way or the other. <BR/>Regards,<BR/>MartynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com