DEBUNKING DARWINIAN EVOLUTION, GLOBAL WARMING & OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS
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Everywhere you look today there is talk of evolution, global warming, the “Big Bang” and the expanding universe, alien life and extraterrestrial visitations within our solar system, big-foot sightings and other unconfirmed phenomenon. With the advent of immediate global communications, these unconfirmed beliefs are being disseminated worldwide by the media, scientists, ill-informed educators, politicians, and those with an unsubstantiated opinion with little or no basis in scientific fact. Today, there are numerous television serials and programs that portray these things as truthful without ever informing the viewing public that there are no credible data to back up these outrageous claims. The number of people that believe in something does not have any direct correlation with its validity. Unfortunately many myths are being perpetuated today because of this abandonment of the scientific method in favor of reliance on poorly researched conclusions without justification. Pseudo-science is an erroneous belief in theories, hypotheses and assumptions not based on the scientific method. For instance, the almost universal belief in Darwinian evolution is now being taught in schools as actuality, when in fact, it is no more than a poorly researched theory. Additionally, there is a belief being perpetuated by politicians, the media and environmental extremists that the Earth is extremely fragile and being destroyed by the actions of man (anthropogenic global warming), when in fact the Earth’s surface is massive in relation to regions under human control, is extremely robust and is not subject to the magnitude of changes through man’s actions proposed by these radical predictors of impending disaster. A theory implies something that is unproven or speculative that has not been confirmed that appears to be a valid explanation of a phenomenon that is supported by observation, reasoning and experimentation, not a wild guess without credible backup. Quite often, many scientists will affirm that a particular supposition is fact when in actuality most of them do not possess expertise in that particular field and are making their assertion based on a biased opinion. More recently, some pseudo-scientists have come up with the preposterous idea of utilizing what they call a “structured expert judgment exercise”. When their computerized mathematical models and theories fail or are suspect, a few “experts” get together and make a “rational decision” on a subject and then declare it to be true. Many believe that the majority rules and that this somehow justifies their assumption without verification or a preponderance of evidence to support their claim. Just because someone has an advanced degree in a particular scientific area does not qualify them as an expert in all scientific endeavors. A theory does not become fact just because most scientists believe it is true or have decided upon majority vote that it is true. Unfortunately, in many cases, that is exactly what is being done in our scientific community today. This book has been written in the hope that it will encourage others to scrutinize more fully what they are being led to believe by these pseudo-scientists, politicians, educators and the media. It encourages the reader to examine these hypothesis that do not appear to have any real basis in fact and not accept them without question just because they consider their sources to be reliable. This book provides numerous scientifically based data in an attempt to discredit these unscientific opinions and provides extensive factual scientific disclosure on each point of contention for a more comprehensive counter-defense. Having read this book, you will have scrutinized these erroneous claims to a greater extent than those that seek personal recognition in media outlets or for personal gain without proper research. Debunking Darwinian Evolution, Global Warming & Other Misconceptions is intended to give readers an insight into why these specific fallacies exist, why they continue to be propagated without proper scientific scrutiny and to provide opposing in-depth research in the hope of dispelling these myths.
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This book attempts to show where the public is being deceived into believing erroneous assumptions as factual by the media and in academic circles worldwide without scientific corroboration and provides a contrarian view to the predominant consensus. Today, the scientific method is being ignored by many scientists and those with an inadequate understanding of technological principles. Many embrace a unscientific approach to new theories and accept them based on majority vote without regard for empirical evidence. The scientific method consists of rigorous observation, experimentation and reasoning to resolve the rationale for a proposed hypothesis. Instead, many scientists today use computer modeling to convince others of the correctness of their theory. More often than not the input to these computer programs consists of erroneous unsubstantiated data, unconfirmed phenomenon or misconceptions which result in incorrect conclusions. With the advent of immediate worldwide communication unfounded beliefs are being disseminated worldwide by the media, pseudo-scientists, ill-informed educators, politicians and those with an unsubstantiated opinion with little or no basis in scientific fact. This book provides numerous scientifically based data in an attempt to discredit these unscientific opinions and provides extensive factual scientific disclosure on each point of contention for a more comprehensive counter-defense. Having read this book, you will have scrutinized these erroneous claims to a greater extent than those that seek personal recognition in media outlets or for personal gain without proper research. Debunking Darwinian Evolution, Global Warming & Other Misconceptions is intended to give readers an insight into why these specific fallacies exist, why they continue to be propagated without proper scientific scrutiny and to provide opposing in-depth research in the hope of dispelling these myths.
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I am a retired engineer and first-time author. My qualifications to write a technical scientific book with credibility consist of a BSME degree from a fully accredited major university and over 30 years of application and design engineering experience with additional university studies in meteorology and electronics. A Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering is a discipline that applies the principles of engineering, physics, and material science that requires significant study of science and the scientific method. It requires an understanding of core concepts that include mechanics, kinematics, thermodynamics, material science, structural analysis, chemistry, electronics and mathematics. A mechanical engineer uses applied science with the objective toward practical utility as opposed to theoretical scientists that are usually concerned with scientific hypotheses and abstract mathematics and spend considerable time in the laboratory attempting to understand scientific principles and refine existing theories.