RE: Where did the universe come from? Atheistic origin science has no answer.
September 25, 2014 at 6:35 pm
(September 25, 2014 at 6:06 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Anyone encountering the term for the first time who is actually interested in the subject won't be put off by the nomenclature. I don't think scientists should be blamed for the misconceptions of laymen.Yeh, no one is blaming them, but it doesn't hurt to not use a term which can cause so much misconception among people. Also the drive to actually look up a term is much lower when you encounter it casually, and it seems like a very common term you already know and use, though in a different context.
(September 25, 2014 at 6:06 pm)Stimbo Wrote: You think that's the reason Latin and Greek are used by scientists? To create confusion?No, of course not, they use those because they are actually martians in disguise. But using Latin and Greek does make the terms much less open to misinterpretation, which religious people excel at.