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[Nearly Sane]

I am not making claim of generalisation - indeed I was absolutely clear that I was making a specific point about a specific person. In a broader sense I was merely providing my experience as a professional scientist and therefore likely to have interacted with more professional scientists than most on this message board.

By the way, why was it relevant to ask me whether this person was Scottish?

Then why mention that they were Christian? That's that lazy generalisation, Poison Davy.

It's always relevant to ask you about the Scottish.

[ProfessorDavey]

Then why mention that they were Christian? That's that lazy generalisation, Poison Davy.

Because the discussion was about scientists who are also religious - so I thought I'd share my experience which, I suspect is rather broader than most on here.

It is only generalisation, lazy or otherwise, if I claimed that all scientists who are also Christians make up data or that Christians who are scientists are more likely to make up data - claims which I clearly did not make.

[ProfessorDavey]

It's always relevant to ask you about the Scottish.

Why?

[Walter]

Holy unevidenced poisoning of the well, Prof D! By the way just to check, was the person Scottish?

and in the eternal words of Donny Osmond


One bad apple don't ruin the whole bunch girl.....

[Nearly Sane]

Why?

You know why, Poison Davy! Stop being a little tease!

[ProfessorDavey]

You know why, Poison Davy! Stop being a little tease!

Pray tell.

[Nearly Sane]

Pray tell.

the parishioners cannae  take it, Poison Davy!

[ProfessorDavey]

the parishioners cannae  take it, Poison Davy!

Cat got your tongue NS - still refusing to tell us why it is relevant to ask whether the person I was talking about was Scottish.

Nice line in evasion going on from you I see.

[ProfessorDavey]

an example that anomalies occur in nature . The ability to compartmentalise different and opposing thoughts at the same time as in cognitive dissonance and still fully function in your field does not mean you are correct about the opposing one .

I think you might need to think about how individuals end up in science as a career.

Likely is it is because they were good at it and found it interesting - so progressed through school specialising in science, and so on through university and into a career. That they were brought up in a religious family and chose to retain that belief through into adulthood doesn't seem greatly relevant. They ended up as scientists as a professional and retained a religious belief in their private lives. So what. I suspect many religious scientists may not believe the elements of their religion that are directly contradicted by their scientific knowledge. Don't forget that plenty of Christians totally reject the notion of young earth creation, or even creation as a literal happening rather than allegory.

[Nearly Sane]

Cat got your tongue NS - still refusing to tell us why it is relevant to ask whether the person I was talking about was Scottish.

Nice line in evasion going on from you I see.

no evasion, just more whoosh, catdavy

[ProfessorDavey]

to be honest ,I only count physicists as proper scientists , anything else is just 'stamp collecting ' 

Ooo - that's controversial

[ProfessorDavey]

no evasion, just more whoosh, catdavy

Further evasion duly noted.

Please tell us all why it was relevant to ask whether the person I was referring to was Scottish. I think we will all be able to ascertain whether you have answered the question in further posts or whether the evasion continues.

[ProfessorDavey]

no evasion, just more whoosh, catdavy

Not for the first time, I think you have turned into Vlad.

[Maeght]

Who is going to blink first?

[ProfessorDavey]

Who is going to blink first?

NS can simply answer the question.

Don't forget it was him who raise the issue of this guy's nationality. I have already answered him by confirming that he wasn't Scottish. It would only be polite of him to answer why his original question was relevant.

[Nearly Sane]

Answered it multiple times, but whoosh. Tiny, Tiny, tiny piece of humour..

[ProfessorDavey]

Answered it multiple times,

No you haven't - further evasion noted.

but whoosh. Tiny, Tiny, tiny piece of humour..

Evening Vlad.

[Nearly Sane]

No you haven't - further evasion noted.
Evening Vlad.

aw!  Poison Davy, like a Falklands penguin, looks up at the point and falls over. Whoosh!

[ProfessorDavey]

aw!  Poison Davy, like a Falklands penguin, looks up at the point and falls over. Whoosh!

Like Vlad - fails to answer the question and replaces the answer with embarrassing non-sense.

In case people have forgotten - you still have failed to tell us why you felt it relevant to ask whether the scientist I talked about in reply217 was Scottish. We are still waiting for your answer.

[Nearly Sane]

Like Vlad - fails to answer the question and replaces the answer with embarrassing non-sense.

In case people have forgotten - you still have failed to tell us why you felt it relevant to ask whether the scientist I talked about in reply217 was Scottish. We are still waiting for your answer.

Oh look Poison Davy,  has multiplied himself into a 'we"...

[ProfessorDavey]

Oh look Poison Davy,  has multiplied himself into a 'we"...

"we" meaning all the posters on these boards. You do realise that there are more people on here than just you and me, don't you.

Still failing to answer the question - more evasion noted by me, and I suspect others here.

[Nearly Sane]

"we" meaning all the posters on these boards. You do realise that there are more people on here than just you and me, don't you.

Still failing to answer the question - more evasion noted by me, and I suspect others here.

And Poison Davy presumes to speak for every poster on the board. How cute!

[ProfessorDavey]

And Poison Davy presumes to speak for every poster on the board. How cute!

Evasion 101.

[Sebastian Toe]

And Poison Davy presumes to speak for every poster on the board. How cute!

Well he is speaking for me at least because I haven't got a fucking clue what you are on (about)?!

[Nearly Sane]

Evasion 101.

indeed