OOL discussion - from the "Discussion of Big Science" thread

[Dan_Eastwood]

@Mercer

I would think that missionaries need to be better listeners than speakers.

I left out the part about the months of arguments we went through before reaching the “grudging respect” phase.

@Faizal_Ali

Yes, just not as interesting. By now, I think I understand the thinking of creationists much better than I do OOL research.

Oh good! Maybe you can explain it to me??

[Faizal_Ali]

@Dan_Eastwood

Oh good! Maybe you can explain it to me??

They’re dogmatically committed to particular religious claims regarding human origins, but also desire the sanction of science for these beliefs. An internet acquaintance of mine (not a psychiatrist or psychoanalyst) referred to this as “intellectual penis envy.”