Apropos the Closing Point In My Last Entry

Here's a quote from another article in the same issue of Discover that I wrote on just a few minutes ago. It's on page 56.

"'The whole idea of Earth having an inner core that's nickel-iron metal goes back 60 years,' says Herndon. 'It's still being promoted because people are afraid to even consider that it might not be correct. Most people are afraid to go against the consensus mentality.'"

Sound familiar? Going on...

"Although Herndon's idea is considered to be fringe by those in the field, even his harshest critics admit that it cannot be entirely dismissed--we simply do not know enough. 'It's very easy to create wild theories that do not violate what we observe,' says Stevenson, who has outspokenly opposed Herndon's reactor concept. 'There is nothing that Herndon predicts that is necessary.' Then again, he admits, 'That's not the same thing as saying I know for certain he's wrong.'"

Would that the "harshest critics" of ID, while remaining as outspoken as they want to be, would have Stevenson's openness to the possibility of learning something new.

Posted: Fri - May 11, 2007 at 10:01 AM |

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Apropos the Closing Point In My Last Entry

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