RE: Evolutionary Tree
August 22, 2016 at 3:04 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2016 at 3:45 pm by Faith No More.)
(August 22, 2016 at 2:00 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Good Example of what I was talking about.... Just to clarify, I do think that science may support an a priori bias, the problem is when your a prior bias interferes with what the evidence leads to, and you are dismissing or cherry picking the evidence because of.

Science is the study of the natural world. It literally doesn't deal with the supernatural by definition. That's not an a priori bias. That's just the nature of the inquiry.
And please, do give us an example where an a priori bias against the supernatural has interfered with a scientist's ability to follow the evidence. I'm sure we could all use a good laugh.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell