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We’ll again look into the same process working for science. In this case, “settled science” is the group-held worldview, which is powerful because of peer-pressure, coercion, message control, and brainwashing. And though it’s effective for confirmation bias, it’s even more effective for blurring the line between good and evil, truth and error, or reality and make-believe.
The two ways of interpreting scientific observation are similar to the two ways of dealing with any other part of reality. We have the same circular reasoning confirmation bias with the worldview, assumptions, and filter on the left and divine revelation on the right. Once again, you make the choice. You submit your will to one or the other. A combination of the presuppositions and assumptions that come out of the worldview plus the influence of demons, peer pressure, and your human flesh create the filter. That filter resists any truth that comes from the scientific observation unless that truth conforms to the filter. The filter adds information and removes information from the observations. Then, the filtered scientific observations go into the worldview and confirm the bias of the worldview. On the other hand, you can choose to listen to what God is saying about the scientific observations, in which case, the observations build up Christ in you.
So what happens when a scientist observes something new that conflicts with the group-held paradigm? The scientific establishment usually rejects the new observation for a while because only a few can see this part of reality when few thinkers believe it. If a few others accept the new observation, it’s easier for even more thinkers to come on board. When enough thinkers accept it, almost everyone accepts what has now become the bandwagon. This gradual acceptance is a naturally occurring bandwagon fallacy of emotional momentum. However, humanity is resistant to new information because of worldviews and confirmation bias. As a result, it’s difficult for scientists to observe the unexpected. When enough people admit to seeing this part of reality, emotional momentum builds as peer pressure shifts slowly, over decades or centuries, to support the new observation.
This resistance to change works against science to protect the status quo. However, sacred cows resist change even more than those parts of the paradigm that aren’t given such a glorified status. Therefore, the scientific establishment rejects new observations when those observations conflict with the sacred cows. They reject these conflicting observations even after many scientists make the same observation. In cases where observations conflict with the sacred cow stories, additional stories called “just-so stories,” must be made-up to rescue the sacred cows from the conflicting observations. In its resistance to reality, the establishment accepts conflicting observations only after someone crafts and perfects just-so stories because they must protect the sacred cows at all cost.
Let’s look at a concrete example of this sacred cow protection process to understand better how it works. When scientists discovered soft tissue in dinosaur bones, the sacred cows of millions of years and molecules-to-humanity evolutionism came into question. So, the scientific establishment rejected the observation. Finally, someone made up a just-so story to explain how soft tissue could survive for millions of years. Even though the just-so story was silly, it was enough for many within the scientific establishment to stop denying the observations. And now the just-so story “proves” millions of years and molecules-to-humanity evolutionism. How stories can prove anything is a mystery, but persuaders use many stories to prove that the sacred cows are true.
Besides these hallucinations, thinkers also see what they expect to see whether it’s real or not. For example, Bill Nye claimed to see the big bang, billions of years, no Genesis Flood, and simple life popping into existence spontaneously and evolving from amoebas into humanity in the back yards of Kentucky. Ken challenged Bill’s magical claim of looking into the past. However, Bill defended his claim by saying everyone is always looking into the past since light takes time to reach each person from the point of origin. When defending a worldview, especially a godless worldview, ungodly thinkers don’t even demand the illusion of rationality.
Now let’s shift our viewpoint to look at the other way of thinking. By using a completely different method of reasoning, a scientist can go into his or her work with a mind open to God’s revelation. For example, George Washington Carver used this method of reasoning, and any scientist can do the same. Seeking the mind of God works because God knows all about scientific and technical things since He made everything and knows everything. God will, without exception, direct the paths of those who acknowledge Him.
This wisdom, knowledge, and understanding from God is why those who follow Christ should excel beyond all others in every line of work. Since everyone who follows Christ is in the presence of the One Who is all wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, we can expect excellence from ourselves. Everyone who follows Christ stands in the presence of the Source of all love, joy, peace, stability, patience, gentleness, humility, goodness, and inner strength. Therefore, the Christ-follower has an advantage. Also, even with the prejudice often shown against Christ-followers, the Christ-follower can receive wisdom to succeed against prejudice where God opens the door.
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