RE: BILL NYE VS KEN HAM: TONIGHT AT 7 PM
February 5, 2014 at 10:48 am
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2014 at 10:48 am by Whateverist.)
I would have liked to see Nye go after Ham's absurd distinction between science done in the present versus science regarding the past.
Also it would have been nice to challenge whether science based on other religion's creation stories should receive as much time in the science classroom as his own.
Of course these go after the essential unsoundness of his ideas rather than the science itself. But obviously he wanted to keep his points in the area where he feels buttressed by his acknowledged expertise. It does show that science alone isn't enough to rebut bad ideas. If you allow his past/present distinction he gets away with making his lunatic version of science look respectable.
Also it would have been nice to challenge whether science based on other religion's creation stories should receive as much time in the science classroom as his own.
Of course these go after the essential unsoundness of his ideas rather than the science itself. But obviously he wanted to keep his points in the area where he feels buttressed by his acknowledged expertise. It does show that science alone isn't enough to rebut bad ideas. If you allow his past/present distinction he gets away with making his lunatic version of science look respectable.