Comment Re:Sour grapes (Score 1) 473
And here I was under the impression that everything in science was always up for grabs. This is just the mag trying to silence dissent. I happen to agree with evolution but I have no problem debating it with people who do not. Nor do I believe evolution is settled science, we continue to learn a great deal and there is always a possibility of some groundbreaking new development to come along and rock the whole foundation.
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS EVOLUTION TO BE LIKELY THAN THE OPPOSITE!! It really is not worth the time to debate this subject, but people like you mistakenly think it is. If people would stop believing bullshit, and move on to focus on solutions to problems, the world would absolutely be a better place.
The problem is, comments give voice to people who lack the experience in a field to truly opine on a subject, and help sway people to wrong conclusions. So many people, as the article points out, mistakenly think that things like evolution and human-caused climate change aren't real, even though there are reams of evidence and hundreds of highly-experienced scientists that have shown otherwise. For a publication like Popular Science, it really is more important to be right, than to give a voice to dissenters who argue what they think is real, rather than what the data and models show to actually be most likely. It's sad, but Popular Science is doing the right thing here. Let this be a lesson to all the mistaken and misinformed blowhards out there--your ignorance is hurting more than just yourself.