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Originally Posted by saden1
Science simply says we don't have the answers, we will look for them. If a better theory than evolution comes along Darwin will simply be a giant whose shoulder were stood on. Every scientist in the field of evolutionary biology is gunning for him. That's the way it should be and that's the beauty if science.
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I 100% agree that this is how science should be.
But what these organizations in question are proposing is not at all what you describe. It seems more like: "we don't really want to debate the merits of this anymore, so we'll act like we can explain more than we actually can, and then treat the opposing viewpoints as common ignorance."
Which, in my opinion and perhaps other, is an inherent problem. Because these organizations are representing the entire field of scientific discovery, they are embarrassing not only themselves, but the very things they have dedicated their lives to.
And obviously, just because an academic has membership in an organization doesn't mean that they are necessarily committing these faults. Good science can occur in and amongst poor scientific practice, I believe. But I think what we're seeing in the last five or so years is far more of the latter than the former, and that these organizations need: 1) new leadership 2) new philosophies and 3) a more open, clear doctrine, before I personally can take them seriously in the future.