Catholic Church Collapsing
September 15th, 2015 at 8:06:35 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
That's not quite true. In some fields, going against the prevailing wisdom can result in loss or refusal for funding. Physics is actually quite accepting of oddball, contrarian ideas, if there is some evidence or some reason to back them up. Medicine is not. Two well known cases are prions (infectious proteins) and Heliobacter pillori as a cause of peptic ulcers. The second case is quite renowned. The doctor involved, I forget his name, had to infect himself with the bacteria, give himself ulcers, and then cure himself with antibiotics, in order to prove his case. In the meantime who knows how many patients suffered while doctors gave them beta blockers and diet to "manage" their ulcers? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
September 15th, 2015 at 8:09:32 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
There is no politics involving a state underground geological survey. Thats what my father did for a living Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
September 15th, 2015 at 8:28:21 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Not yet. Some people believe oil is generated by natural geological processes, not involving any kind of organic remains. This is a minority view, not taken seriously by most geologists. But let oil reach $200 per barrel, and they'll get funding to find "natural inorganic oil." See if they don't.
That's really cool. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
September 15th, 2015 at 9:08:33 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
He surveyed underground mid-Atlantic states. No gas or oil involved. just the straight science of what is underground without drilling. Geological survey amounts to walking the land looking for streams cutting through the land getting a peak of what is underneath using science and education to create an underground survey map of the entire county and eventually the state. Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
September 15th, 2015 at 10:19:34 AM permalink | |
pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Applied science. Your dad was asking "what is underneath the ground in this area?" He wasn't asking "how did the things under the ground come to be there?" Big difference. |
September 15th, 2015 at 10:32:32 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | well, I sure don't. An entertaining description. However, one can SEE glaciers melting and ice floes breaking off, THESE ARE awe inspiring AND not without some probative value on the issue. A BETTER EXAMPLE OF KNEE JERK RELIGION BASED ACTION IS THE "if the politician is against global warming, get him out of office FOR ANY TRUMPED UP REASON, BE IT: PRO TREE HUGGER OR ANTI BUSINESS. GLOBAL WARNING IS ALMOST AS BIG A BUSINESS AS GLOBAL COOLING. WINDMILLS??? THEY GENERATE ELECTRICITY AND TAX BREAKS THEY DON'T PUMP OUT GROUND WATER. |
September 15th, 2015 at 10:39:16 AM permalink | |
pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Thank you for clearing that up. What does it mean to be against global warming? |
September 15th, 2015 at 11:13:04 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Any politician who embraces man made activities as a source of global warming is considered anti-business and is soon out of office irrespective of his stance on any other issues. |
September 15th, 2015 at 1:16:35 PM permalink | |
pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Wow. I did not know that |
September 15th, 2015 at 3:27:26 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Only in the same way science would say that it has found a truth in saying "when I drop an apple it falls to the ground." That is as true as the religious claims of salvation through Jesus Christ. Both have been proven by accumulating probabilities that eventually have led reasonable people to declare such things as truth.
True faith and religion LOVES LOVES LOVES scientific analysis. What is there to fear from true science that pursues the truth about the created world? As long as science refrains from philosophy and theology it is a glorious thing.
This will never happen because it is not science's role or purpose to investigate the spiritual aspects of life or religion.
It is true that I often don't understand unbelievers. I need to remember to be more patient and understanding. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |