Natures wonders: plant dead bee scent attracts flies (Introduction)

by dhw, Monday, October 10, 2016, 12:17 (2747 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: Note my acceptance for animals learning involves them having a brain and the degree of complexity the new task involves.

dhw: I have noted many times your firm belief that only organisms with a brain are capable of learning and processing information and working out their own methods of survival - although some, like the weaverbird, still have to rely on God to teach them how to build their nests. I wonder how many biologists and botanists agree with you that every single mode of plant survival has also had to be planned by God.

DAVID: I don't do consensus thinking. I make up my own conclusions.

dhw: Which is admirable. But it does slightly diminish the impact of your claims that your conclusions are based on science.

DAVID: I don't use the Bible and I am trained to understand the science. I can read results and reach conclusions. Remember, from outside the bacteria there are two possibilities. One is correct. I'm based on the science I read.


No disagreement here, and very cleverly worded. Yes, there are two possibilities, and yes, one of them is correct. The one that you choose is based on your subjective interpretation of the science you read, which is equally open to the opposite interpretation. If you can claim that your conclusion is based on science, then others can also claim that their conclusion is based on science. Not much help, is it?