A recent article in Scientific American quoted some prominent scientists.

Pauli's Proverb, “This isn't right. It's not even wrong.” From Wolfgang Pauli. It is meant for things that are based on nontestable hypotheses – like most social constructs.

Asimov's Axiom, “When people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.” From Isaac Asimov.

“When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.” Biologist Richard Dawkins.

Evolution is a wonderful and miraculous theory. It has its wrongnesses as do all scientific laws and theories. That is what makes it fun and worth working on. But the wrongnesses of evolution are miniscule in comparison to the wrongnesses of creationism. And the usefullnesses of evolution are tremendous in comparison to the usefullnesses of creationism.

This evening I received a “survey” call from the Republican Party. They did not actually ask how I would vote. They could easily infer from my answers, however.

I am trying to tally up the reasons to vote one way or another. My tally today looks something like this:

Allen Webb Parker Drake Kellam
Honesty -3 -3 +3 -3 -3
Balancing budget +1 +2 +2 0 0
Iraq 0 +1 0 0 +1
Energy 0 0 0 0 0
Education 0 +1 0 +1 0
Health care 0 +1 0 0 0
Stem cells -1 +1 0 -1 0

The information came largely from their own websites. Since they are all liars by their own admission except Parker, the data is in question. The websites were easy to glean information from except for Kellams. I do not see his “plank”.

One more week to go.