To those with an opinion

Wil:

I've just found this wonderfully amazing video on the internet titled, "Skewed views of science":



Essentially, it explains why and how one would require an open mind when deciding to agree or disagree with a scientific claim. It also goes into what the right (and the wrong) way is in going about challenging a current scientific belief.

While it would probably be most sensible to keep my promotion of this video completely neutral, I cannot resist the urge to challenge those who outright doubt vaccines, evolution, the big bang theory (and other secular ideas) to watch this video and question the source (and credibility) of their disagreement.

Points from the video that I like:
(1) Your own personal intuition or bias does NOT form a valid rebuttal;
(2) You are not allowed to impose your own intellectual limitations upon others;
(3) Guilt and fear do not invalidate scientific discovery or alter facts;
(4) Think carefully about the technology and medical treatments you take for granted that wouldn't exist without the science you readily attack;
(5) Discouraging people from studying science or questioning their beliefs is nothing more than social control;
(6) You can turn non-fact into fact (or the other way) by scaring people.

This video is a refreshing change from all the crazy (and plainly ignorant) things "the public" (e.g. lay people and the uneducated) yap on about in newspapers, talk-back radio and on the internet whenever they feel confronted or at edge by science.

Show me those peer-reviewed journal articles!