"If you are interested in digging deeper to hear evidence for a young earth, Dr. Wise has great books and writings from a scientific standpoint.
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Perhaps I'll look further into his writings, once I clear the huge pile of unread books on geology and mineralogy I have here. Based on his opening words, however, he is approaching his subject from the point of view of someone who has already decided his conclusion, and that conclusion is based on the Bible, a sovereignly non-scientific book.
I have read some Wise material in the past, however, and have not been at all impressed. He is writing apologetics for the Young Earth Creationist viewpoint, not science.
A PhD. does not guarantee that an author is correct. It only indicates that the author has completed his course of study and has been awarded the degree. I'm sure I can point out the names of some folks with PhD.s that you will consider fools.
Credentialism is a pretty common logical flaw. If I compare the writings of Dr. Wise with the huge volume of research and writing of others in that field, I'm afraid Dr. Wise comes out the loser.
However, when I get through my pile of reading, I'll see about one of his books.
I would be interested to hear your opinion on some of the processes that occurred, which were formerly thought to require great amounts of time, after Mt. Saint Helens errupted in 1980?
This presents an interesting dichotomy for two reasons.
First, the entire history of scientific inquiry is characterized by the overwhelming body of "experts" whose ideas were superseded by a minority school that turned out to be correct. Second, because ID theorists are regularly criticized for "appealing to incredulity" as an argument.
As I final note, I'm sure I don't have to quote Planck's Dictum to you, but if there were ever a case where it looks to be operative...this is it.