Delicious Brains
There's an article on MSN and another on BBC News about that "hobbit" skull that was found in Indonesia a few months ago.
Whether you believe in evolutionary theory or not, this is a prime example of scientists interpreting data in whatever way they want. They find fragments of a skull. The natural assumption? It was a child or a diseased human being. (Because we all know how isolated and remote Indonesia is.) Instead, scientists use these fragments to interpolate (read: fabricate) the shape of the thing's brain case, and thus the shape of its brain. In spite of the fact that they have no actual brain to work with, they come up with some half-assed theory about it being some sort of missing link.
It's examples like this that make me skeptical of science. It has nothing to do with my religious beliefs.
The famous skeleton from Indonesia nicknamed the "Hobbit" does not belong to a modern human pygmy with a brain disease, as some scientists argue.
That is one of the main outcomes of a detailed examination of the creature's braincase, published in Science.
The authors say their study of the Hobbit's brain supports the idea it is a new, dwarf species of human.
However, others contend the report does little to quash their theory it was actually a small, diseased person.
Whether you believe in evolutionary theory or not, this is a prime example of scientists interpreting data in whatever way they want. They find fragments of a skull. The natural assumption? It was a child or a diseased human being. (Because we all know how isolated and remote Indonesia is.) Instead, scientists use these fragments to interpolate (read: fabricate) the shape of the thing's brain case, and thus the shape of its brain. In spite of the fact that they have no actual brain to work with, they come up with some half-assed theory about it being some sort of missing link.
It's examples like this that make me skeptical of science. It has nothing to do with my religious beliefs.
1 Comments:
Fly, scientist have their own religion they follow--for years I have accused them of the same "fundamentalism" they accuse people who believe in God. They have a god--he just has a different name.
Btw, ever wonder what science truly is? It is the study of cause and effect. Do you realize what "scientist" do when trying to explain the existance of the universe? Eliminate the cause.
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