• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Evidence of genetics? Let’s see… DNA testing works? That enough for you? I know people who bred flies in school while learning genetics.

    Or how about this, I understand how science works, so I’m comfortable accepting (in general), the scientific consensus on subjects that I don’t know very well. I really hate this, “did you get a PhD in x? No? Then how can you really know?” Bullshit.

    Just an FYI, I didn’t read your comment past the first sentence and I have no intention of continuing this conversation.

    • Saleh@feddit.org
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      3 days ago

      So do you believe genes existed before genetic testing? What would you have said to someone suggesting genes exist before there were tests for them?

      It is a quite simple question of whether you accept the possibility of things existing, before there is a scientific consensus on their existence. The scientific approach then is simply to say “i dont know” rather than “i dont know therefore it does not exist”. Because of this fallacy i also consider atheists to be people of faith rather than science. They should just not conflate the two and claim their faith to be science.