Watched an interesting program the other night (I forget if it was - TopicsExpress



          

Watched an interesting program the other night (I forget if it was PBS, History Channel or Natl Geographic Channel) about the history of evolution theory and the various fossil evidence for the different stages of human evolution stretching back millions of years. Not for the 1st time I marveled at the ability of paleontologists to analyze and make conjectures and conclusions based on these fossils and asked myself this question: assuming you were able to get an audience of evolution-deniers to listen, is their a way to convey to a layman (not well-educated in chemistry) a single, critical tool intrinsically necessary to these analyses; that being radio-carbon dating? Maybe a cadre of better science educators would be able to reduce the scientific complexities of evolution, the Big Bang theory, and climate science to a level that could persuade the nay-sayers. We must convince non-scientists of the validity and importance of the scientific method to the understanding of our world. Am I being naïve to wish this?
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:39:30 +0000

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