RE: For Christians (or anyone else) who deny Darwinian evolution.
November 3, 2017 at 8:50 pm
(This post was last modified: November 3, 2017 at 9:00 pm by I_am_not_mafia.)
(November 3, 2017 at 5:52 pm)Godscreated Wrote: Complete honesty is not a requirement for those papers and creationist are not all scientist but there are many creationist who are very good scientist and have their papers turned down because they disagree so much with the main stream science that has many flaws. why people buy into these flaws is beyond me, unless they care more about being published than actual truth.
Ah right the usual conspiracy theory excuse of mainstream scientists suppressing the truth. This is is a hallmark excuse of pseudo-science.
Truth is that most genuine scientific papers get rejected even when the scientists doing the peer review agree with the results. This is because the standards a paper to be accepted are very high and there are many criteria which need to be met. The science needs to be falsifiable and reproducible, the language must be concise, all conclusions must be backed up by the evidence yet say no more than that, and there needs to be a proper literature review so all existing evidence for and against needs to be accounted for. The results also need to be significant enough with all alternative explanations accounted for. This is just not possible if you are a creationist.
But if you do have a deeply unpopular view and do meet these criteria then your paper will still most likely be accepted. I have seen plenty of such papers accepted. Nor do you have to be part of an established institution. Anyone can submit a paper and expect to be published if they meet the criteria I have laid out.
But it's easier for a creationist to say that mainstream science is suppressing the truth than to admit that they can't do genuine science. And people who do not understand science believe them because they it allows them to maintain their superstitious beliefs.
