Edge.org operates The World Question Center.
Recently, they asked 165 prominent scientists, artists, and others..thinkers all…this question:
The Edge Annual Question — 2008
When thinking changes your mind, that's philosophy.
When God changes your mind, that's faith.
When facts change your mind, that's science.
WHAT HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT? WHY?
Science is based on evidence. What happens when the data change? How have scientific findings or arguments changed your mind?
165 contributors; 112,600 words
The results are fascinating. I’ve only just started to read. After I've read more I may comment here, but I expect this to take a while to get through.
This goes to the Question Main Page:
http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html
This goes to the first answer, if you’d rather just jump there:
http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_1.html#seligman
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1 comment:
I have, in the last decade, changed my mind about the veracity of Darwinian evolution, man-made global warming, and Freudian psychology. So basically I have turned my back on three of the four pillars of modern science (the fourth being Einsteinian physics, which is being increasingly deconstructed as we speak).
As many of the assumptions I had been making based on my childhood (and, okay, early adulthood) paleontology books showed logical flaws, I started to research other theories of the origin of life. This led me to Michael Behe, William Dembski, Philip Johnson, nancy Pearsey and several other Intelligent Design theorists.
The thing I find most compelling about ID at this point is less the "God said 'BANG' and it happened" contingent, which is actually a miniscule voice in the ID community, and more the overwhelming amount of evidence against evolution that the Darwinian establishment actively and maliciously suppresses. This is actually what led me to alternate theories for global warming, as well. The situation there is identical; minority voices are silenced through intimidation, slander, and withholding of money.
I strongly recommend a collection of articles in paperback form edited by Dembski called Signs of Intelligence. It's a surprisingly easy and engaging read, and completely changed the way I look at modern science. www.demanddebate.com is a great website examining climate change science, as well.
Basically, I no longer trust any scientist who leans on the weight of holy consensus to avoid having to defend himself against a minority theory. Modern science is every bit as arrogant and controlling as the most abusing Medieval church hierarchy, and every bit as much based on slavish adherence to dogma in the face of all logic. I say this not as a fundamentalist Christian, which I am, but as an amateur astronomer and once-junior paleontologist. I reject modern science, not because God told me to, but because better science told me to.
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