Science Uprising

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New site, put out by the Discovery Institute.

Quote:Well-known scientists have been preaching a materialistic worldview rather than presenting the public with all the evidence. We are here to change that. The objective scientific evidence does not prove our universe is blind and purposeless. It does not show we are simply meat machines. It does not prove that evolutionary mechanisms can completely account for the diversity of life on earth. 

Think for yourself and make an informed decision.

'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'

- Bertrand Russell


(2024-08-16, 03:36 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: New site, put out by the Discovery Institute.



Knowing Discovery Institute I expected better. Based on examining just one of the topics (fine tuning), I don't think this is ready for prime time, as they say. A major annoyance is that the closed caption option is always useless, in a foreign language . One time it looks like Dutch, another topic, it looks like Chinese. There appears to be no way of correcting this.
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(2024-08-16, 06:45 PM)nbtruthman Wrote: Knowing Discovery Institute I expected better. Based on examining just one of the topics (fine tuning), I don't think this is ready for prime time, as they say. A major annoyance is that the closed caption option is always useless, in a foreign language . One time it looks like Dutch, another topic, it looks like Chinese. There appears to be no way of correcting this.

Feels designed to be cut up and put on sites like Tik Tok to engage the youth.

It's a bit cheesy but I suspect it might end up being more effective than us older folk would expect.
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'

- Bertrand Russell


(2024-08-16, 06:51 PM)Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: Feels designed to be cut up and put on sites like Tik Tok to engage the youth.

It's a bit cheesy but I suspect it might end up being more effective than us older folk would expect.

It turns out there is a way of changing the closed caption language to English, but as you say, the presentation style is kind of "cheesy".
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(2024-08-16, 07:07 PM)nbtruthman Wrote: It turns out there is a way of changing the closed caption language to English, but as you say, the presentation style is kind of "cheesy".

I've heard that you have to keep switching scenes quickly and even cheesy dramatic content can hold attention on Tik Tok. Otherwise people just scroll to the next short.

I haven't watched every video but what I've seen so far seems well done [in succinctly presenting anti-Materialist arguments], and appealing to anyone of any belief system who sees the way the Materialist faith has pretended to represent science. 

It does lean a bit into the idea of a transcendent Creator, but that is a perfectly valid hypothesis based on the evidence [plus some philosophical arguments] even if I don't believe in the Omni-God (All Good / All Powerful / All Knowing).
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'

- Bertrand Russell


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