Questioning Scientific Titans

[ScepticOrganism]

I wonder though, don't you find it a bit "arrogant" when someone questions a theory that has been proven to be correct already? specifically the principle of buoyancy? Like imagine someone question the theory of evolution, I would lose it in a matter of seconds. I wouldn't even bare staying in the same room with that person, I would simply excuse myself from the conversation...

I'm not sure it's applicable, in that science isn;t in the proving business, to begin with - and we -do- science by  questioning theories.  Questioning the various theories surrounding evolution is exactly -how- we ended up with such a successful theory.  I suppose it takes patience, in some cases, to have that sort of conversation....but if you don't have it then it's probably for the best to recuse one's self.

I totally agree!! That's why science will always be much "humbler" than religion ever will. I just find it arrogant when someone tries to disprove something that has already been proven to be perfectly applicable. I blame myself for not being armed with the right arguments at the time.

If you did that, and I'm sorry to say this but I'd consider you a bigot. I actually prefer people who put thought and effort in disproving established theories including evolution. Just because there's a plethora of evidence doesn't mean a theory isn't flawed. And compared to you or me who have accepted that theory, someone who knows next to nothing about the theory has a much better chance at finding that flaw. Sometimes knowledge limits us from seeing the possibilities, which the imagination of a child can, so why get annoyed? Maybe you are not annoyed at them but at yourself for not being able to explain why or how they are mistaken?

I suppose in some ways I am a bigot. I tend to look at things a tad bit too linearly at times, so I should broaden up the way I view things, and keep my childish "triggers" in check.