[grey_whiskers]

The problem here is you are dealing with too many laypeople who do not realize that many words in the vernacular, even when dealing roughly with the same subject, have completely different specialized meanings when used by scientists...

OTOH, C.S. Lewis reported the same thing when trying to introduce theology to lay people, about the time of his Broadcast Talks.

Cheers!

[Coyoteman]

The problem here is you are dealing with too many laypeople who do not realize that many words in the vernacular, even when dealing roughly with the same subject, have completely different specialized meanings when used by scientists...

I'm an archaeologist, so I have a lot of patience. And I have been a teacher.

But I need the patience of Job on these threads!

[Job got a raw deal, by the way.]

[jbloedow]

The problem here is you are dealing with too many laypeople who do not realize that many words in the vernacular, even when dealing roughly with the same subject, have completely different specialized meanings when used by scientists...

Except that I'm anything but a layperson. I'm not sure how you've come to that conclusion from my posts. You might want to spend a lot more time with the evidence. The problem is not with my level of understanding, though I understand why it might be appealing to try to argue that way, but that we have a scientific disagreement. If you want to point to some area where I've had trouble with the scientific subject matter on these threads, please go ahead.