RE: Young-Earth-Creationism - can you prove it's not true?
November 3, 2010 at 1:06 pm
(This post was last modified: November 3, 2010 at 5:04 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(November 3, 2010 at 12:56 pm)theophilus Wrote: Who determines which individuals are qualified? In the case of evolution, peer reviews are normally conducted by people who are committed to the belief that evolution is true so naturally they aren't likely to be impartial when evaluating the work of those who don't believe in it.
Let me give you an analogy. In the case of journal on arithmatic, peer reviews are normally conducted by people whose most elementary training have already enabled them to demonstrate that 2+2 is indeed equal to 4 and grasp how this reflects the most basic principle fundamental to any significant work in the field, so naturally they aren't likely to be "impartial" when evaluating the "work" of those who don't "believe" in 2+2=4. And why should they? Similarly biology journals are not doodle boards for pre-kindergardeners. They are for well trained grown ups. So creationism need not been given the same airing as evolution in biology journal for exactly the same reason that 2+2=5 need not be given the same airing as 2+2=4 in a journal for mathmaticians.
