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The "man on the street" has a kid, a potential scientist. But instead of fostering curiosity about the way things work, instead of promoting the use of logic t
by davidism 14y ago
The "man on the street" has a kid, a potential scientist. But instead of fostering curiosity about the way things work, instead of promoting the use of logic to understand his surroundings, the parent teaches the child "the Bible says so, and that's enough." Now we have one less potential scientist.
- kazoolist 14y ago... or the kid's parents believe in creation but don't fit some ignoramus stereotype, and the kid comes to believe that the creation reveals the glory of a Creator (eg. Psalm 19), and accordingly this fosters curiosity about the way things work, and the kid becomes a scientist.