Sunday, May 15, 2005
Painting It As An Opt-In Belief System, Much Like Religion
The North Adams (Massachusetts) Transcript said in a recent editorial:
"When fighting scientific fact with unproved speculation, it's a good move to take advantage of a layman's understanding of science in order to paint it as an opt-in belief system, much like religion. Such is the triumph of the anti-evolutionists who went in front of the Kansas School Board to testify that white is actually black and up is actually down.
"It doesn't seem like making a case against reality would be that easy, but, really, it's just a matter of twisting the right words to an audience of people who have reached a conclusion long before they heard the facts."
