Science but Not ScientistsThe historic Science Textbook Struggle -- a worldwide battle about the origin of the universe, life, and man -- erupted without warning. It caught the scientific illuminati completely by surprise. Why? Because science textbooks had become filled with wild, unbelievable stories about the beginning of everything. And those tales were simply not scientific! The universe starting with a Big Bang, life arising out of a soup of lifeless amino-acids, humans produced by apes . . . those myths had only replaced ancient Greek mythology and were being passed off as scientific truths! Wernher von Braun, father of Americas space program, writes in the Foreword: Vernon Grose, in tracing out in Science But Not Scientists his personal involvement in the vortex of these two forces, illustrates one more time the humanity of scientists their likelihood of being just as prejudiced and bigoted as anyone untrained in science. He properly calls for objectivity rather than scientific consensus. He rightly urges that message rather than messenger should be scrutinized and tested for validity. Science will be the richer and humanity the ultimate beneficiary by heeding this clarion call. |
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... discussion will occur in the book about what renowned paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson has defined as microevolution, macro-evolution, and mega-evolution. In short, I am a microevolutionist – but neither a macro nor a mega ...
Vernon L. Grose. some extended time. The same reasoning used in discussing the origin of man applies to the origin of ... discussion of the origin of the universe. What will you find? Not just words that describe it, but a picture! And ...
... discussion with Allen concerning his theory. He offers convincing proof that there are infinitely many simple and non-contrived initial states for the universe, all of which could lead to expansion under Hubble's Law. “The most ...
... it would appear justified to say that the science textbooks are in error by presenting mythology rather than science in discussion of the origin of the universe. Not only do scientists hold widely different views about the 15.
... discussion on life's origin, I am certain that many readers are curious why I have not yet discussed the remarkable progress that scientists have made, in biochemistry and other life sciences, toward laboratory creation of life. “Surely ...