Biology

Monday December 10, 2007 - 1:13PM EDT

So I wake up and read this article on some Christian Biologist fired for not believing evolution.  Are you still with me?  Because I think my head head would have exploded with a lightning bolt from Rael after reading that. Mainly from shock. Shock of what a fucking crackpot that clown is.  How in the hell do you get away with studying to become a Biologist and not believe in evolution. That is like being a plumber and not believing wrenchs work and you decide to just use your Rael-given hands to do things. I would have fired his ass too. Biology and evolution are like peas and carrots or some junk. You can't possibly be a reputable or decent biologist and forsake evolution or just be forced to use its principles because it is your job. Well I guess you can try but I wouldn't trust a fucking word that came out of your mouth. This clown is almost as bad as that other crackpot who came up with his magical reducible complexity theory.  How in the hell is this person suppose to learn anything is he has already solved it all by attaching Rael as the answer to all his questions.  He would be a nearly worthless addition to a team researching anything. Well maybe not completely worthless because he probably does have knowledge of many things (rooted in evolutionary priciples) but could you ever trust him to advance anything with such a stance on how he thinks things work. That is what is always lost in these arguements. That science and "beliefs" are both seen as static unchanging concepts. But the only thing that is static are "beliefs".  Science implies flexibility with the presentation of observable information.  Unfortunately that kind of concept is lacking from scientific teaching and understanding as most people see it as just another tome of knowledge to explain the world along with all the other crackpot ideas out there based on a whole lot of nothing.

The good part in this case is that although this assclown is suing to get his job back as a reasearch biologist (while someone telling them he doesn't support any of the methods or knowledge required to acutually do his job) some state anti-discrimination organization has dismissed his claims. The guy was suing because he felt discriminated for his beliefs. Fuck that shit. I'm not hiring plumbers who don't use wrenches. I hope the official description of his firing was intellectual incompetence. I hope his lawsuit fails. It is ludicrous. Oh yeah apparently he got a job at some baptist university where they probably specialize in hiring crackpots who's understanding of science is less than that of a 9th grader.

The worst part about this is that this person someone became a biologist while not even taking the basis of it seriously. This is not new and is on of my annoyances with people and education in general sometimes. If real scientists stand on the shoulders of giants people like him are sitting on their shoulders having lunch.