tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post3566999731192528132..comments2024-03-28T14:56:04.846-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: Science Fiction as Adam's ApplePeggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-50453324931257951772010-01-22T02:40:26.918-08:002010-01-22T02:40:26.918-08:00I always read this kind of things when it`s too la...I always read this kind of things when it`s too late.maverick00010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-74975432057717014782010-01-13T09:00:00.508-08:002010-01-13T09:00:00.508-08:00You're right, it's not a bad thing at all....You're right, it's not a bad thing at all. I've always held that if you're going to be religious, at least be rational.<br /><br />Cherly: I never understand why people were so threatened by the idea of being descended from apes. It seems to me that with the kind of lazy thinking Cloud and others of his ilk go by, you'd expect them to simple go "oh, well evolution is Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-36288797593862011732010-01-13T07:26:14.387-08:002010-01-13T07:26:14.387-08:00I was thinking about Cloud's use of the term &...I was thinking about Cloud's use of the term "evolutionary scientist". If you use the term evolution for astrophysical processes, Sagan belongs to that category: like all scientists whose views are dictated by fact, Sagan agreed with the models of stellar evolution and with the Big Bang description of the universe, instead of Hoyle's completely discredited Steady State.Athena Andreadishttp://www.starshipreckless.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-90474730691407268262010-01-13T06:13:46.071-08:002010-01-13T06:13:46.071-08:00Interesting coincidence! I recently wrote about t...Interesting coincidence! I recently wrote about the other side of the coin again (after doing so earlier with <a href="http://www.starshipreckless.com/stories/archives/The%20Double%20Helix.pdf" rel="nofollow">The Double Helix</a>). This addresses your important point about the strong link between science and SF:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.starshipreckless.com/blog/?p=1169" rel="nofollow">Athena Andreadishttp://www.starshipreckless.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-68814503156694084622010-01-13T03:53:39.470-08:002010-01-13T03:53:39.470-08:00I suspect that the issue with Cloud is that for mo...I suspect that the issue with Cloud is that for modern day fundamentalists "evolution" means something very different from what it meant in Darwin's day. <br /><br />Many of Darwin's Christian opponents would have been perfectly happy with the universe being billions of years old, as long as they could still say it was created by God. What upset them was the idea that humans Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328347167113836522noreply@blogger.com