A Rant on Science [View All]

[Richd506]

When I was in college, I usually found myself half asleep in my Geology class. It was a four hour class with no breaks and my brain was fried from listening the teacher ramble on. I ended up failing that particular course, mainly because my mind was not in the right place but also because it wasn't my most passionate interest. But you know what? In spite of this, I would trust a scientist any day of the week over a preacher. It's not my place to drag the world straight back to the Dark ages Just because I don't know all there is to know about science.

If I fail a science class it's because I wasn't paying attention. It's my problem... not the teacher's. I embrace the system of scientific inquiry not because of the material but because of the method involved in gathering that material. You have to doubt first before you can believe for any ideas that survive the process of doubt have much more credibility. And even then, there's always the chance that that theory might be changed over time. That's just how it works.

I cast my lot with the scientists not because they are perfect but because they are the best of the imperfect. Whenever a theory fails, the creationists think that this is a free pass which validates their own beliefs no matter how illogical and irrational their beliefs are. But in the end, it boils down to one simple fact and it is this fact which defines the very reason I choose science. A scientist may know nothing. But those who know nothing and ask questions are smarter than those who know nothing and give answers.