Continued comment on Bill Nye defending assumptions as the basis of thought

(quote from RealReality.org/Real_Faith_and_Reason_Vol_2_-_Scientia.pdf)

“Then, by the way, the fundamental thing that we disagree on, Mr. Ham, is this nature of what you can prove to yourself. This is to say, when people make assumptions based on radiometric dating, when they make assumptions about the expanding universe, when they make assumptions about the rate at which genes change in populations of bacteria in laboratory growth media, they’re making assumptions based on previous experience. They’re not coming out of whole cloth.” ~ Bill Nye

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this package-deal fallacy is why he implied there’s no difference between scientific observation and historical storytelling.

For instance, Bill said, “make assumptions based on radiometric dating.” The term “radiometric dating” implies there’s an accurate way to measure dates. However, we can’t observe or measure the age of the earth directly but only through assumptions (axiomatic-thinking fallacies) and circular reasoning. Therefore, all secular dating methods interpret observations based on assumptions and circular reasoning. Scientists and “educators” often confuse assumptions with reality and insist it’s OK to base thinking on made-up stuff. That makes matters worse.

Of course, they’ll find a way to put a smokescreen over this made-up stuff using deceptive language. It’s rare for a scientist to admit the calculated dates are no more valid than the made-up stuff used to calculate those dates, even though they should admit it. But by refusing to admit this lack of validity, scientists confuse assumptions with reality. That’s why they speak of billions of years dogmatically and rarely admit they base their claims on made-up stuff. They think they’re objective and honest.

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