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Subject: Re: Sorry Dan, but I don't have my barfbags handy
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[Yosi Hoshen]
> > It is quite clear that many leading creationists are engineers
> > rather than scientists.  These engineers understand the mathematics
> > of science which does not seem to conflict with their religion.
> > Yet, they
> > are unable to comprehend the underlying scientific theory which
>       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > they perceive to contradict their religion. 
[Terry Morse]
> Do I detect a bit of scientific snoberry?  As an engineer, I take
> offense at the idea that I might be unable to comprehend scientific
> theory.  Theory is all an engineer gets in his curriculum: theory
> of elasticity, theory of compressible flow, boundary layer theory,
> etc.  I charge that I know as much about my specialty as any
> "scientist".  I just earn more money :-)

Watch those logical leaps, Terry.  That's what gets the creationists
in trouble (scientifically).  Some X are Y does not imply all X are Y.
And engineering students don't get much theory--they get equations.
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