(September 17, 2014 at 2:33 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(September 17, 2014 at 2:30 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: That is the literal opposite of what science is. You have a disastrously wrong concept of science and what beign scientific means.
once again it goes sailing way past your head, I'm talking about the layperson....
the average Joe (which you all are) isn't scientific, he accepts what hes told by the experts.
You're a fool and your way of thinking fits in perfectly with your theism. We don't accept things based on the credentials of the person saying it, we accept things based on their truth value, which is often demonstrated through experiment and study. The data attained is not more or less valuable based on whether or not the experimenter has a PhD or a Bachelor's or no degree at all.
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