The weeks discussion topic is something that is so debated i

The week\'s discussion topic is something that is so debated it could be the most understood scientific hypothesis (along side of evolution) in our society today. It gets to the heart of what is \"real\" science and why do people pick and choose what to believe. Namely, why is one piece of research that seems to refute the general avalanche of evidence so widely publicized while the rest of the science is toted as unreliable, or biased? Why do we distrust some science and not all science? We look toward science to cure all of our problems, however, if science presents data that we don\'t like we refute science vehemently?The last (top of page) post is about the climate change debate: http://www.realclimate.org/. Please read it and comment as before on the relevance and connection to what we have learned in this section of the course.

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We know that as much as 30 percent of the most influential original medical research papers later turn out to be wrong or exaggerated such as those studies that purport to show that just about every food we eat either causes or prevents cancer.

Neither is it an attack upon those who see divine purpose in evolution or view evolution as the handiwork of a divine hand it is an affront to those who demand that Genesis in particular be taken as literal historical fact and most particularly.