Yeah, well, don't forget that phrenology, along with alchemy, was the accpeted science of the day.
It's kind of interesting that all the things that evos like to saddle creationists with have very little connection with creationism historically and don't in the present (except in the minds of those who wish to discredit religious belief and have no other weapons which they can use), but rather with the accepted science of the day.
Good point, Metmom. Indeed, given the nature of the scientific method, one wonders why anyone would both to redicule past scientific beliefs as, at least in most cases, said scientific beliefs reflected the state of the art science at that time.
“Yeah, well, don’t forget that phrenology, along with alchemy, was the accpeted science of the day.”
Back when scientific rigor was in disfavor and populism dictated acceptance. As scientific rigor took sway those ideas fell out of favor. They never were popular because of anything we’d know as science today.
Creationism disallows a neutral rigor. It inherently relies on a bias in its arguments.