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Is John Kelly the Next to Go From the Dysfunctional Trump White House?

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Blind Frog Belly White1/22/2018 2:07:04 pm PST

re: #139 Anymouse šŸŒ¹

My wife is listening right now to a video taking apart a Ken Ham video.

In that video, Answers in Genesis has a number of biologists who work for them claiming there is such a thing as ā€œgenetic entropy.ā€

This is the the thing about Science - itā€™s about the data, not the person. Of course, because it involves people, itā€™s easier for a prominent scientist to get a controversial new hypothesis accepted, but in the end it comes down to whether the data support the hypothesis.

The problem is, laymen donā€™t see it like that.If they donā€™t want to believe in something, than any silly asshole with ā€˜Dr.ā€™ in front of his name who says he doesnā€™t believe it is enough. Cripes, I knew a guy who worked in Immunology, and didnā€™t want to believe in AGW. He insisted that a political blogger he liked who had ā€œa background in Scienceā€ knew better than all the Climate Scientists whether there are enough weather stations to determine whether atmospheric temps are warming.

The ā€˜background in Scienceā€™? A BS in Psychology.