RNA catalysts and the origin of life

[Paul_King]

@appsandorgs

The topic of this exchange began on a different thread, where one of the participants talked about how some religious authorities tell their flock what the facts are and how they are to believe those facts – regardless of what the facts really are. Some of the examples given were:

• “dictate their interpretations”
• “invent stories to explain away discrepancies”
• “pass those stories off as facts”

I concurred completely with that assessment but added that this same general (very human) phenomenon takes place in science as well – people are regularly misled by scientific authorities who have their own interpretations, discrepancies, and stories to sell.

I will note that the first quote is incomplete to the point that it is misleading. A more complete rendition is:

@Paul_King

some branches of Christianity let their doctrines dictate their interpretation of scripture

And we still haven’t seen a clear example of scientists going to anything like the same lengths