tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post111632852423772622..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: "I see ... straw people."CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1116377101881988532005-05-17T20:45:00.000-04:002005-05-17T20:45:00.000-04:00Shermer paraphrased it as "heresy does not equal c...Shermer paraphrased it as "heresy does not equal correctness" in his book <I>Why People Believe Weird Things</I>. I think he did give credit to Sagan for one of the quotes you mention.Orachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370846202152605202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1116345024311765832005-05-17T11:50:00.000-04:002005-05-17T11:50:00.000-04:00I think the version of the above that I recall was...I think the version of the above that I recall was by either Gould or Sagan: "The fact that you are persecuted does not mean that you are right."<BR/><BR/>Or,<BR/><BR/>"The laughed at Edison. They laughed at Einstein."<BR/><BR/>"Well, yeah, but they laughed at Bozo the Clown, too."CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1116342536160403912005-05-17T11:08:00.000-04:002005-05-17T11:08:00.000-04:00Oops. Hit "Login and Publish" too fast.Nicoll's us...Oops. Hit "Login and Publish" too fast.<BR/><BR/>Nicoll's use of the example of the example of Galileo may be more apt than he thought, just not in the way he intended, Galileo's correct science was vigorously assailed by dogmatic religious people who could not accept his scientific conclusions because they did not agree with what their religious beliefs told them, not by scientists. So it is with evolution and intelligent design creationists. The difference is that (so far) religion hasn't trumped science as far as evolution goes--but sadly it's not for lack of trying by ID adherents. They just don't have the power to impose their religious beliefs on science, as the Catholic Church did at the time of Galileo.Orachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370846202152605202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1116342212341198812005-05-17T11:03:00.000-04:002005-05-17T11:03:00.000-04:00Yes, alties and pseudoscientists often use the Gal...Yes, <A HREF="http://oracknows.blogspot.com/2005/01/what-is-altie.html" REL="nofollow">alties</A> and pseudoscientists often use the <A HREF="http://oracknows.blogspot.com/2005/03/galileo-gambit.html" REL="nofollow">Galileo gambit</A>. It's a fallacy because, as Michael Shermer puts it, "Heresy does not equal correctness."Orachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370846202152605202noreply@blogger.com