Reply #34: Contempt? [View All]

[Az]

Are you suggesting that everyone in the general public has a phd in biology? That everyone has a deep understanding of the current state of scientific exploration?

There is no contempt here. There is simply a recognition that science is a process that has developed very very complex theories. Not everyone has the background or education to understand this particular subject. This problem is ironically exasterbated by the religious rights assault on our education system.

All this being said there is no contempt of the general public contained here. Merely an understanding that we each focus on our own particular areas of study and that the bulk of the general public are not phd'ed biologists. I would no more trust a random member of the general public to decide the truth of evolution than I would trust one to perform heart surgery on me. I will seak a cardiologist for one and a biologist for the other.