SCIENCE (!) Rules
A few posts back I'd blogged about some scientific issues while utilizing the aural imagery of the Thomas Dolby song, "She Blinded Me With Science." That's SCIENCE! As in the song.
I received a couple of comments on that one, mostly taking shots at global warming SCIENCE. The comments got me thinking about how to respond to posts that are rooted in scientific ignorance. For example, how could I discuss SCIENCE and best available SCIENCE with someone who doesn't understand the scientific process and its primacy in establishing facts in a fact-based world? You can't It's like arguing with a dolphin over which fish are the tastiest. You may be talking about the same thing, but the language barriers and differences in perspective prevent any real communication.
So, with that in mind, I'm presenting Chris Carrel's HyleBlog SCIENCE Rules. If you want to post comments on science or debate scientific issues, your comments have to conform to the following rules. I apologize in advance to anyone who feels excluded, but the HyleBlog is not designed to provide advertisement for every non-scientific theory circulating, nor to provide space for people whose arguments consist of posting links to crackpot junk science.
SCIENCE! Rules
- Evolution is the most important scientific theory underpinning Ecology and Biology. If you don't get that, don't post
- To post you must know the difference between a scientific theory and someone's opinion
- Your post must show an understanding of the scientific process
- We're not going to debate whether anthropocentric global warming is occurring. I'm with the IPCC on this one: 5,000 real scientists can be wrong, but it ain't too likely. If you want to debate that, get your own blog.
- There is no citing the owner of the Weather Channel as a serious source on global warming (The Weather Channel? You should be ashamed of yourselves.) or any other topic other than owning a cable network.
- No posting links to web pages in place of a real argument
- And finally, No Ascots!
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