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To: MrB
That’s what libs rely on en lieu of actually debating -

Well, in this case these folks wanting evolution watered down would probably describe themselves as conservatives, but yes: In place of debating their issues in the marketplace of scientific ideas (e.g. by developing competing theories and conducting relevant original research testing them) they're trying to effect, for their views, the status normally accorded to ideas (like evolution) that have prevailed by such means, but instead bypass scientific debate and do it purely by political fiat. That is indeed a kind of "arrogance" and "'intellectual' bullying".

13 posted on 12/14/2007 10:19:35 AM PST by Stultis (I don't worry about the war turning into "Vietnam" in Iraq; I worry about it doing so in Congress.)
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To: Stultis
...In place of debating their issues in the marketplace of scientific ideas (e.g. by developing competing theories and conducting relevant original research testing them) they're trying to effect, for their views, the status normally accorded to ideas (like evolution) that have prevailed by such means, but instead bypass scientific debate and do it purely by political fiat. That is indeed a kind of "arrogance" and "'intellectual' bullying"..

Who needs a marketplace of scientific ideas when you've got the diktats of ACLU tutored Federal judges to tell you what to think science is and isn't?

Cordially,

100 posted on 12/21/2007 6:01:05 AM PST by Diamond
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