re: #278 KingKenrod

Hotair linked the following essay about the Ida fossil and the fallibility of scientists:

[Link: www.instapunk.com…]

It’s not an anti-evolution piece, but it’s very skeptical of the certainty expressed by many scientists. I admire this kind of skepticism. The bit about the way scientists anthropomorphize natural processes is valid. Creationists seize on these kind of statements and turn scientists into their own worst enemy.

That’s an extremely unimpressive essay, in my opinion. The fact that he brings up “Piltdown Man” is a giveaway for his agenda — that fraud was uncovered nearly a hundred years ago, but is invariably raised up again like a rotting zombie every time a new paleontological discovery is made, to try to cast doubt on scientific claims.

The research behind “Ida” is very solid; scientists are going to argue and debate and disagree about its meaning, but equating it with debunked frauds like Piltdown Man is intellectually dishonest.