Conservative doublethink on the first amendment

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on the other hand, it could lead to new break-throughs in understanding and theorizing

kindly keep in mind that the "doctrine" of evolution has arguably reached that point, described by Thomas Kuhn, as the paradigm requiring allegiance by the scientific community, in the face of accumulating problems and inconsistencies

Nope. You have provided no evidence for that ridiculous claim.

Darwin was quite frank and forthright that if the cell was more complex than what he postulated, then his entire theory was wrong; Subsequent exponents conveniently overlooked this, and continue to expound on notions Darwin himself would have abandoned, given what we know and understand of basic cell morphology and physiology.

There is nothing about Darwin's regard for the complexity of the cell that has anything to do with how the theory of evolution is accepted. We don't accept the theory of evolution based on the authority of Darwin or his personal opinions about complexity. Evolution stands on its own by virtue of its massive predictive powers over the entirety of the diversity of life on the planet.

Darwin would have been amazed at how the modern synthesis of his theory that includes genetics vindicates his theory with almost mathematical precision.


Kuhn, in fact, is also explicit that extra-scientific factors (nationality, personality, etc. including religion?) might go to the formulation of the new scientific revolution.

I think you have misunderstood Kuhn's notion of scientific revolution. Kuhn was not predicting a scientific revolution. He was simply describing the trajectory of a typical scientific theory in the real world. His point is that all theories may inevitably go through a revolution and be supplanted by a more powerful theory.

It is indeed most clear to a number of observers, including yours truly, that the thinking on evolution, has in fact, attained a dogmatic, ideological stage.

There are no credible scientists who have made any such claims. And you have provided no basis for your own opinion.


There is nothing ideological or dogmatic about the acceptance of evolution as a scientific theory. We accept ToE on the same epistemological basis as we accept all our other foundational theories, such as Newtonian Physics, Relativity, Maxwell's Equations, Germ theory of Disease, and so on.

All of these theories are accepted based on their ability to accumulate a massive record for testable predictive accuracy about their subject matter.