"Science" - Less willing to Debate?

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Kresta in the Afternoon - Audio Archive for: 8/22/2013-2nd Hour
(From 22:20 to 35:15 in this recorded program.)


Gary's Thoughts:

Openly debating a topic or an idea is a good way to become an informed person.  In an open debate a person can hear the arguments for both sides and make an informed decision.  When debate occurs in a public forum about a topic that impacts a community, a nation, or the world the informed population will generally guide the topic towards the common good rather than the good of a select few. However, in today's world of instant information through the Internet it is easy for anyone to publish a position on a topic with little resistance or opportunity for rebuttal.  Then when rebuttal comes it is often dismissed as "irrational" or "religious" rather than entering into an open debate.

The audio link in this post discusses a specific example of this "irrational" and "religious" dismissal.  It also discusses an example where "science" itself used a moral belief to defend their position but then condemned someone else's moral belief as irrational and religious when it disagreed with their moral position. "Science" cannot use morals when it favors their position and then simply dismiss someone else's moral position when they disagree. Open public debate is the solution, not Internet sound bites. 

  
Produced by: Ave Maria Radio - http://avemariaradio.net/

Series Name: Kresta in the Afternoon

Website: http://krestaintheafternoon.blogspot.com/

Host: Al Kresta

Date Produced: 8/22/2013

Topic: "Science" Writer Wants Wesley Smith Booted From National Review. Why?

Hank Campbell, the founder of Science 2.0, wants our friend Wesley Smith booted from National Review. Apparently he is “anti science” because he wrote a piece opposing three-parent IVF based on moral and ethical concerns. From Campbell’s tirade: “But there is no reason National Review should be letting an anti-science fear monger take up this charge against science yet again. Conservatives claim to be more rational so there is no reason to embrace the irrational Discovery Institute, yet Wesley J. Smith, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and quasi-philosophical lawyer is being encouraged to mask his anti-science agenda under the guise of ethics.” Wesley responds.

http://krestaintheafternoon.blogspot.com/2013/08/today-on-kresta-in-afternoon-august-22.html