[ClearCase_guy]

So much of modern science isn’t science at all. It’s just politics. But it’s a political ideology which claims: “You can’t argue with me — this is settled science.”

It’s pretty easy to see this with Climate Change. I maintain that it is also true with Evolution. Much of that stuff is make-believe.

[BroJoeK]

CCG: "I maintain that it is also true with Evolution. Much of that stuff is make-believe."

Important differences, including:

1. Evolution theory is 150+ years old, not of recent origin or funded by government grants.

2. Evolution theory was developed to explain confirmed observations (aka: facts) such as fossils and geological strata.
   It did not originate in some computer model using bogus temperature data.

3. Evolution theory does not require a vast international bureaucracy, new laws & taxes to enforce.
   It is not used to elect politicians or raise taxes.

4. Evolution theory & assumptions are confirmed across multiple scientific disciplines, from A-astronomy to Z-zoology.
   AGW is confirmed by... well, politicians!

5. If evolution theory is ever falsified, it will surprise a good many people and overturn many scientific understandings, but otherwise life will go on as usual.
   By contrast, falsifying AGW will have great political & economic implications.

That's why I think evolution theory belongs in a different category from the AGW "scientific consensus".