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Not going to discuss with you about evolution, but about your last "dissent is not allowed" I would like to remind you that evolution theory was born from disse
by otherme123 2y ago
Not going to discuss with you about evolution, but about your last "dissent is not allowed" I would like to remind you that evolution theory was born from dissent, rejected at first and then slowly being accepted as the most probable scientific explanation for the pool of evidence available.
The same is true for another theory like the continental drift.
Dissent is not only allowed, but one of the main drivers of scientific advance. A lot of times we find some solidifying evidence a posteriori (e.g. when common fossils were found in Africa and South America after hypothesizing they were once together) for a dissenting hipothesis.
- nickpsecurity 2y agoThat’s a good point. Evolution had an uphill battle early on before many scientists accepted it. Dissent does help in many areas. It’s allowed within evolution, but not against it. No dissent is allowed contradicting the entire theory. We have to teach it like it’s an observed fact, anyone disagreeing is mocked, and it’s blended into tons of topics with no evidence it happened. People just start saying something is an evolutionary X or Y happened over millions of years with no proof of this. That a theory with many articles of faith becomes the lens through which observed facts are reshaped is more like philosophy or religion. That it can’t be contradicted and its proponents rooted out all alternatives. This shows it’s built on group or political power, not the scientific method.