Science vs. creationism [View all]

[Curmudgeoness]

Bill Nye debated Ken Ham of the Creation Museum. I am not sure how I feel about giving enough credence to Ham to even bother with a debate, but it is time that someone actually disputed the 6000 year old Earth theory.

The full debate is posted here, but there is also commentary.

My favorite statements (although I did not watch the debate):

"Then, as far as Noah being an extraordinary shipwright, I'm extraordinarily skeptical," Nye says. He cites his own family's background in New England, where people spent their lives learning how to build ships.

"It's very reasonable, perhaps, to you that Noah had superpowers and was able to build this extraordinary craft with seven family members," Nye says. "But to me, this is just not reasonable."

When scientists make assumptions, Nye says, "they're making assumptions based on previous experience. They're not coming out of whole cloth. So, next time you have a chance to speak, I encourage you to explain to us why we should accept your word for it that natural law changed just 4,000 years ago — completely — and there's no record of it.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/04/271648691/watch-the-creationism-vs-evolution-debate-bill-nye-and-ken-ham


Noah had "superpowers"! Superman, Spiderman, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Noah.