Or biology. Or religion.
An LDS scientist discusses how silly it is to argue against certain disciplines without knowing anything about them. If you want to understand something, you have to put in the effort.
I've been guilty of the same thing (anytime I say anything about economics, for example). But we should learn to ignore those who make a habit of it.
Unfortunately, he doesn't allow comments, or you would see the principle in action. (The biggest anti-evolution LDS bloggers/commenters, for example, have absolutely no background in biology--not a terrible surprise; the biggest pro-evolution LDS bloggers do have biology degrees. Hmmm).
Some other LDS science blogs written by biologists:
http://ldsscience.blogspot.com/ (life science researcher)
http://mormoninsights.blogspot.com/ (Professor of Biology/Evolution--only some of the posts are science)
http://sciencebysteve.net/ (Biology/Evolution Professor at BYU)
The "science" blogs written by people with no background in the science they discuss aren't worth mentioning, for the reasons stated in the "Royal Road" article above.
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Saw this cartoon and thought of your post.
This is why I generally stay away from both topics! But my inclination is that no way of thinking is free from being twisted into an ideology. Science, philosophy, religion, politics, and everything else can be used to exclude, to stereotype, to demonize. There is no royal road to peace and acceptance, at least as long as there are humans involved.
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