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Old 05-21-2009, 12:41 AM   #13
Yorick
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Default Re: Missing link found?

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Originally Posted by SpiritWarrior View Post
But scientists only preach what evidence proves. Unless there is evidence, there isn't preaching. Their "flock" are free to study the evidence, and draw conclusions. Some of it is theory, but most of it is based on proven truth. Even the theories are logical extrapolations of these proven truths. Note that it not based on heresay, myth, faith or fable and/or conclusions that tolerate no questions. A scientist is a skeptic. He does not believe in an assumption and sets out to prove himself wrong. Until he finds hard evidence to support the assumption he continues to reject that which has not been proven.
Science is full of unproven extrapolated assumptions SpiritWarrior.

Plus you've exalted scientists to be holy men, beyond the petty temptations of fame, recognition, funding, or jobs. Proving the point that people believe somehow scientists are above us all.

The fact is, have you studied the skeleton yourself?
No, all we get are the opinions from the scientists.
As i said, in the video, I didn't even get to see his tail. I wasn't told lemurs have opposable thumbs now. All I was fed in that video was hype about textbooks for the next 100 years, that this was the holy grail of archaelogy and then stuff about the thumb and fingernails etc.
I had to actively reject the POV being pushed. It wasn't a neutral description of the data - "we found these bones and here they are."
No, instead we got an INTENT shoved down our throats.
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