The Science Of Delusion

[Earthling]

I don't know if I am supposed to post some blurb here so that atheists or some other group needs to think for themselves with minimal effort, so, excuse me if I've dropped it.

 

[Woberts]

Here is an article that hasn't been quote mined to suit an agenda, by the way.
Dinosaur Shocker | Science | Smithsonian

 

[SalixIncendium]

"The controversial discovery of 68-million-year-old soft tissue from the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex finally has a physical explanation. According to new research, iron in the dinosaur's body preserved the tissue before it could decay."

Controversial T. Rex Soft Tissue Find Finally Explained

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[Skwim]

Regarding the firing of Mark Armitage as mentioned in the video: Looking into it as much as I could (I'm unwilling to pay to read his paper) it's apparent he went beyond the scope of scientific evidence to conclude that the triceratops tissue he was examining was evidence of a young earth, his religious belief. His law suit against the University even said, "his work is a reflection of his religious identity," a young earth creationist.* So, Armitage wasn't fired for "making dinosaur soft tissue discovery" as the video asserts (at the 2:30 mark)---it's certainly no surprise that a creationist video misrepresents the facts**---but for his conclusion about it. My guess is that the university fired him because they didn't feel that someone with such a bias, religious or otherwise, could be relied on to make impartial, objective assessments.

*source #25

** And of course, being a creationist video it's load with other misrepresentations as well, which is to be expected.

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[Jose Fly]

"The controversial discovery of 68-million-year-old soft tissue from the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex finally has a physical explanation. According to new research, iron in the dinosaur's body preserved the tissue before it could decay."

Controversial T. Rex Soft Tissue Find Finally Explained

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Creationists: You evolutionists can't explain THIS!! HA!

Scientists: Actually, we have explained it.

Creationists: Oh sure, you evolutionists have an explanation for everything, don't you?

 

[Earthling]

"The controversial discovery of 68-million-year-old soft tissue from the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex finally has a physical explanation. According to new research, iron in the dinosaur's body preserved the tissue before it could decay."

Controversial T. Rex Soft Tissue Find Finally Explained

Next?

Amazing how fast they can go from "Impossible!" to "We've figured it out!"

 

[exchemist]

Amazing how fast they can go from "Impossible!" to "We've figured it out!"

It's called l e a r n i n g.

Science comes from scientia, meaning knowledge. So scientists expect to learn from unexpected phenomena.

In fact, we have even isolated organic matter from Dickinsonia fossils, from the Ediacaran era, more than half a billion years ago. But this was cholesterol: i.e. a fairly simple molecule, that would be expected to be a lot more resistant to degradation than a protein, which as you may know is a long chain polymer, so easily broken by chemical processes.

 

[ChristineM]

Amazing how fast they can go from "Impossible!" to "We've figured it out!"

And still creationists are mocking it as impossible. Go figure!!!

 

[SalixIncendium]

And still creationists are mocking it as impossible. Go figure!!!

 

[HonestJoe]

Amazing how fast they can go from "Impossible!" to "We've figured it out!"

They put much more time and effort in to the process than simply saying “God did it!”.

 

[Twilight Hue]

And still creationists are mocking it as impossible. Go figure!!!

It's what happens when you mentally put all your beliefs in one basket. Reality and facts just go out the window.

 

[ChristineM]

It's what happens when you mentally put all your beliefs in one basket. Reality and facts just go out the window.

Its what i consider to be willful ignorance. There really is no excuse

 

[WalterTrull]

atheists or some other group needs to think for themselves

Does anyone really think for themselves? It's my impression that's not the way we roll.

 

[Earthling]

It's called l e a r n i n g.

Which part? The saying it's impossible or the thinking that you've then figured it out. So starting from a false premise and moving rapidly on to the contradiction usually resulting in correction is, I suppose, learning . . . what NOT to do!

 

[Earthling]

And still creationists are mocking it as impossible. Go figure!!!

Creationists. You guys pick on those poor ignorant folks too much. Sure, they don't know the Bible and their ideas on creation are, well, almost as bad as yours, but cut them some slack, huh? Peas in a pod.

 

[Earthling]

They put much more time and effort in to the process than simply saying “God did it!”.

Not really. Only an n't. "God didn't do it!"

 

[Earthling]

Does anyone really think for themselves? It's my impression that's not the way we roll.

Now you're catching on.

 

[HonestJoe]

Not really. Only an n't. "God didn't do it!"

Their conclusion has absolutely nothing to do with any gods. The point is that they actually put in the work investigating the initially unexplained phenomena, coming up with viable hypotheses and testing them as best as is possible to reach a likely conclusion.

 

[ChristineM]

Creationists. You guys pick on those poor ignorant folks too much. Sure, they don't know the Bible and their ideas on creation are, well, almost as bad as yours, but cut them some slack, huh? Peas is a pod.

Still playing the projection game?

 

[Earthling]

Their conclusion has absolutely nothing to do with any gods.

Then shut up about it, won't you?