A DEFENSIVE RANT
ok, I really hate this. When people attack science without understanding science.
1. The scientologists & their crusade against psychiatric medications.
they say that the drugs are overperscribed, which is true...but that they are dangerous and unhelpful for ALL who use them? ...?
A quote from a letter written be Kirstie Alley and Kelly Preston:
Preston adds, "Parents don't know that these drugs are turning kids into walking time bombs. Eight out of the last 13 school shooters were taking prescribed psychiatric drugs, and only now is the FDA investigating the fact these drugs can cause violence."
While it does need to be investigated, these two are convinced that the drugs cause violence where there would otherwise be none. one of the rules of science is CORRELATION DOES NOT PROVE CAUSATION. AHHHHH!!! people, please. i mean, isn't it more likely that these kids have behavioral problems [including violence, perhaps] and that they are taking meds to regulate their behaviors?
And then there's Tom fucking Cruise, and his interview w/Matt Laurer: "You don't understand the history of psychology, Matt. I do." I would have reached over and gouged his eyes out. You are a stupid actor, you don't know shit about anything. and then "Psychiatry is a pseudoscience". Which is of course why you have to go to medical school to practice it. But,its fine coming from a guy who believes that there are fucking aliens living in volcanoes waiting to take over the earth. L. Ron Hubbard. ScienceFICTION writer. thats all im going to say.
2. Creationists
Are fine, as long as they arent trying to get Intelligent Design into schools to be taught alongside of Evolution. The two are not equal. I believe in Evolution because there is proof of it occuring, and it makes sense. There is no evidence supporing creationism. It not that I don't think that people should be made aware of ID, its just that it doesn't deserve to be taught in conjunction with evolution, being that evolution is a scientific theory.
But, one of the arguments that creationists give is "Evolution is a theory, not a fact!" which is said as if it will shock snd destroy the scientific community ["oh, shit, did you know it was jsut a theory??? Me either. now we're fucked!] SERIOUSLY, EVERYONE KNOWS ITS A THEORY. Again, with the not understanding of science. The LAWS of physics are theories. Relativity, gravity, etc. For something to be a theory in science means that it's stood up to rigorious testing with out being refuted and that it has a lot of data which supports it. therefore, intelligent design is not EVEN A THEORY. I fail to see how the Grand Canyon was carved out by water in a day. and all the claims about the fossil record not supporitng evolution? WRONG.
To me, it just like how people used to use religion as an explination for things they didn't understand. Like how the Black Plague was seen as punishment from God rather than the correct explination of rats infesting all the major ports, because they had no understanding of how diseases were transmitted. But now, we have the understanding and the proof, and the knowledge...and yet there are still these extreme christians running around being idiots. IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY. OH MAN I COULD JUST EXPLODE.
This is of course, very opinionated on my part, and i should have done more research on it or something.but i have to go do some work, so i dont have time. but i'm allowed to say that scientologists and creationsits are lame. i am i am.
meh.
ima go hang out with penn & teller now.
they get it.
1. The scientologists & their crusade against psychiatric medications.
they say that the drugs are overperscribed, which is true...but that they are dangerous and unhelpful for ALL who use them? ...?
A quote from a letter written be Kirstie Alley and Kelly Preston:
Preston adds, "Parents don't know that these drugs are turning kids into walking time bombs. Eight out of the last 13 school shooters were taking prescribed psychiatric drugs, and only now is the FDA investigating the fact these drugs can cause violence."
While it does need to be investigated, these two are convinced that the drugs cause violence where there would otherwise be none. one of the rules of science is CORRELATION DOES NOT PROVE CAUSATION. AHHHHH!!! people, please. i mean, isn't it more likely that these kids have behavioral problems [including violence, perhaps] and that they are taking meds to regulate their behaviors?
And then there's Tom fucking Cruise, and his interview w/Matt Laurer: "You don't understand the history of psychology, Matt. I do." I would have reached over and gouged his eyes out. You are a stupid actor, you don't know shit about anything. and then "Psychiatry is a pseudoscience". Which is of course why you have to go to medical school to practice it. But,its fine coming from a guy who believes that there are fucking aliens living in volcanoes waiting to take over the earth. L. Ron Hubbard. ScienceFICTION writer. thats all im going to say.
2. Creationists
Are fine, as long as they arent trying to get Intelligent Design into schools to be taught alongside of Evolution. The two are not equal. I believe in Evolution because there is proof of it occuring, and it makes sense. There is no evidence supporing creationism. It not that I don't think that people should be made aware of ID, its just that it doesn't deserve to be taught in conjunction with evolution, being that evolution is a scientific theory.
But, one of the arguments that creationists give is "Evolution is a theory, not a fact!" which is said as if it will shock snd destroy the scientific community ["oh, shit, did you know it was jsut a theory??? Me either. now we're fucked!] SERIOUSLY, EVERYONE KNOWS ITS A THEORY. Again, with the not understanding of science. The LAWS of physics are theories. Relativity, gravity, etc. For something to be a theory in science means that it's stood up to rigorious testing with out being refuted and that it has a lot of data which supports it. therefore, intelligent design is not EVEN A THEORY. I fail to see how the Grand Canyon was carved out by water in a day. and all the claims about the fossil record not supporitng evolution? WRONG.
To me, it just like how people used to use religion as an explination for things they didn't understand. Like how the Black Plague was seen as punishment from God rather than the correct explination of rats infesting all the major ports, because they had no understanding of how diseases were transmitted. But now, we have the understanding and the proof, and the knowledge...and yet there are still these extreme christians running around being idiots. IT MAKES ME SO ANGRY. OH MAN I COULD JUST EXPLODE.
This is of course, very opinionated on my part, and i should have done more research on it or something.but i have to go do some work, so i dont have time. but i'm allowed to say that scientologists and creationsits are lame. i am i am.
meh.
ima go hang out with penn & teller now.
they get it.