I have been interested in Creationism and Creation Science for some time now and
interestly this last week or so - for the first time ever that I can recall - it has
become an educational issue in the British media. There is a school teaching
creationism alongside evolution. In fact because it's been in the media I have become
aware that there are several such schools including Muslim schools teaching from the
Koranic rather than Biblical perspective.
One thing people who lecture on creation-science will tell you is that they meet, from
time to time, science professionals and students who say that they have questions
about the scientific orthodoxy and perhaps even could be convinced by the creation
science arguments - but they will never say so in public because they want to finish
their course, keep their job, get promotion and avoid the general opprobrium that
would follow.
Naturally and inevitably this is anecdotal and of course there are no references to
support it. Naturally too it doesn't happen that often I don't suppose but it is a
clear illustration of conformity at work.
On the same lines - and again without references - there are those who claim that
after winning a Nobel Prize noted and successful scientists often seem to come out
with what are seen as 'wacky' theories. Could it be that the objective and observable
success acts as a buffer allowing non-conformist statements to be made with less risk.
David
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David L Gent
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