Misrepresenting Darwin (Evolution)

by David Turell , Thursday, September 17, 2009, 14:46 (5355 days ago) @ dhw

Matt: What has happened, is that evolution was made synonymous with atheism, and design with creationism.
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> Spot on, and the result has been muddled thinking on a monumental scale. The fundamentalists on both sides are simply incapable of removing their blinkers. Dawkins' equation of evolution with abiogenesis ("Evolution is the creator of life") is just one example, but it is an insidious one because it gives the impression that science supports atheism. In your other post, you observe that "science is operationally agnostic". Right again, but some scientists are not. 
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> One needs to establish a balance here, though. Science should be objective, but I see no reason at all why scientists should not draw their own subjective conclusions from their studies. -Today I tumbled upon a blog discussion at "First Things", a Catholic blogsite, (I look everywhere for discussions at the level of this website) and there is a sharp interchange about evolutionary psychology. Stephen M Barr, whose book, "Modern Physics and Ancient Faith", argues they are compatable. He is a prof of physics at U. Delaware. But he also supports making up theories that are commonsensable and that these theories are science!-
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2009/09/14/why-women-hate-snakes/-
Note Barr's comment on 9/16. that is what I am referring to.