Deny Science and you Don't get to Use Science

[Eilonnwy]

I was watching the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and his interview with Susie Essman. She talked about people who refuse to accept science, saying they see the Dinosaur bones with human foot prints, and then stated that she thinks if people deny science like that, they should be denied scientific technology. "Don't like the big bang, you can't have a cell phone" or something to that effect. I found it amusing and on a certain level I agree, although I know it's impossible. But it has always frustrated me when people knock Science down when it's convenient for their deeply held beliefs, no matter what the reason, (Religion, Ghosts, alternative medicine) but happily use the internet, their radio, a car, and don't think "Hey, science doesn't know anything, how can I trust these things actually work? For instance, the science for radio waves is just as good as the science for carbon dating, yet creationists will easily accept one, and deny the other. Gah, it's baffling to me.