RE: Organic Molecules Found 400 Light Years From Earth
August 12, 2017 at 8:35 pm
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2017 at 8:37 pm by Brian37.)
(August 12, 2017 at 7:43 pm)Cyberman Wrote:(August 12, 2017 at 7:35 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Accepting science does not need the suffix "ist" after it because it is not club or political ideology or a religion or economic view. Adding "ist" to those words would be like adding "ist" to make "gravityist".
Pretty sure that was sort of my point, actually.
I was commenting, I agree. It wasn't aimed at you, but adding to what you said.
(August 12, 2017 at 7:55 pm)rjh4 is back Wrote:(August 12, 2017 at 5:50 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Thing is, it's not unproven or even remotely controversial. Organic chemistry facilitates life because of the number and complexity of bonds it's capable of expressing.
He didn't say organic chemistry facilitates life. If that is what he said, I would not have objected.
(August 12, 2017 at 5:52 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Of course Brian's claim -- mine as well, for that matter -- is yet unproven. It may never be proven.
I'm comfortable admitting ignorance, and I find that preferable to claiming knowledge I do not and perhaps cannot possess.
Thanks for saying so. I, also have no problem admitting ignorance. The older I get the more I realize I don't know.
Said the creationist who is certain the Christian God of the bible did it, while ignoring Allah and Yahweh and Vishnu and Buddha.