Parokki said:
Science is always open to new ideas. The perceived dogmatic nature of evolution comes from how there is absolutely no scientifical sound alternative. Our understanding of the details improves all the time, for example with concepts like genetic drift and gene flow getting introduced long after Darwin's death. I suppose it could be argued that the attempts of certain groups to introduce their religious views into science has made the scientific community overly cautious, and now any suggestion that is too different gets treated with more skepticism than it deserves, but so far I've seen nothing to suggest this is happening. |
Actually i'd argue the opposite. This has nothing to do with intellegent design. However i've found that science tends to be very resistant to change once it's decided something is right because the scientists who are getting funding for their experiments are very afraid that if one of their building blocks gets pulled away they'll have to start all over and everything they've known since they started in the field will be turned upside down. Most due this subconsiously but it does happen.
To change perception of something you usually need to keep beating on peoples heads repeating and showing the truth over and over again until you hit a breakpoint and a large group of people finally come to agree with you because they finally can't support the lie anymore with credibility.