Dr. Stephen C. Meyer (Ph.D from Cambridge) takes on Chris Mooney (B.A. in English) on the scientific method. This is commercial-free.

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Topics:

• science and public policy, e.g. – global warming as science
• what is the definition of science?
• can scientific ideas be questioned by those who disagree with the consensus?
• should we allow scientists to debate scientific questions?
• is name-calling an adequate response to intelligent design?
• is it OK to be skeptical of scientific consensus?
• can a person with a BA in English be a “science journalist”?
• can a person with multiple degrees in science be a “scientific illiterate”?
• is evolution testable? is it falsifiable? can it be criticized at all?
• what about the Altenberg 16? are the “science-deniers” because they doubt Darwinism?
• are scientific theories open to being revised based on new evidence?
• what about the hundreds of credentialed scientists who dissent from evolution?
• what about solar cycles – isn’t that the cause of global warming?
• isn’t Al Gore making billions from the myth of global warming?
• what about documentaries like “An Inconvenient Truth”? Is that science?
• Should science journalists report both sides of scientific disputes?
• Should public schools teach the controversy surrounding scientific issues?

My impression of Mooney is that he never took a single high school course in math or science. English? Is that even something that you can get a degree in? Seriously? English? Shouldn’t “science correspondents” have some qualifications