Tom Paine 1949
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One of the great pleasures of reading Evolutionist Stephen Gould’s writings on the history of science is that he had deep sociological insights into usually unexamined prejudices that scientists inevitably bring to social and even biological science.
He also publicly examined possible “prejudices” he may have brought to his own studies. Hence he openly discussed at length everything from his own family background to the politics of his generation to the way his passion for baseball may have subtly effected his own scientific views and interpretations of evidence. He was a rather brilliant sociologist of scientists and their tendency to misread evidence in subtle — and sometimes not so subtle — ways.
Of course crude, dishonest, totally ignorant and anti-scientific people who support nonsensical creationist theories have no ability to examine their own prejudices whatsoever.
He also publicly examined possible “prejudices” he may have brought to his own studies. Hence he openly discussed at length everything from his own family background to the politics of his generation to the way his passion for baseball may have subtly effected his own scientific views and interpretations of evidence. He was a rather brilliant sociologist of scientists and their tendency to misread evidence in subtle — and sometimes not so subtle — ways.
Of course crude, dishonest, totally ignorant and anti-scientific people who support nonsensical creationist theories have no ability to examine their own prejudices whatsoever.
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