Comments by "Christian Baune" (@programaths) on "Exposing Discovery Institute Part 1: Casey Luskin" video.

  1. For models, they don't always replace other models. The can also be concurrent models, being useful in some situations and not in others. Newton models works well with human scale, but useless at the smallest scale. Still, much more practical to use Newtons mechanics to build bridges or ballistics. Also, when you look at the table of elements, you can see the little X with bars and dots. Those are useful models when you need to write down a semi-developed formula. So, still there, still useful, even if not the most accurate model. (it's even very, very limited!) That's the beauty of sciences, two models can compete given they are both valid and show good prediction capabilities. I really don't like the "one model get replaced by a better model", because it's as simplistic as "letting a void something else can fill".
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  2. 17:18 I like how the discourse is sustained, but he had to say it's "trash" 😂
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  3. You equate right wing with religion, it's not always the case. It's like equating left-wing with the inability to define "woman"... It's true, though, that the left wing abandoned Judaic values AND sciences by claiming that sex is gender construct, then moving the goalpost claiming sex and gender are different things then even having kids transitioning. We are living in a very rough politic time where both sides are getting crazy and in the end, people may end up voting for one extreme as a reactance mechanism. In Belgium, the national vote was ignored twice and that's why we ended up without government for years. The left won and since, we are in a spiraling downfall. Belgium cater for everyone before Belgians... The extreme right use a simple trick: "We will cater for you first". So, people voted massively right, not allowing left parties to regroup. So, they rejected the vote! In the democracy index, we are labelled as "Flawed democracy". We do the rituals, but they are just a gimmick! Another things is that I followed christian education, because that was what was necessary to have a good education. The material covered in those school goes way deeper than the public schools... christian school always win over state school. But yes, then you need to read the Bible and listen to dumb things... Some people even ended up schooling at home because they don't see the plus value of normal education if few hours per day does a better job. One solution to those issues is to improve public school. Smaller classes, better prepared teachers who don't give their opinions. Cover less material (No need to learn calculus), but going more in-depths (real mastery of our positional system, understanding of ratios inside out). If you think I am being crazy, try to solve this in your head: "When I remove a third of a number, I get 8, what is my initial number ?". Lack of understanding of ration leads to posing an equation like : "x-(1/3)x=8". When understanding ratio, one know that 8 is then two third, hence 12 is the sought number. Most adults can't work with ratios, even when they just completed their degree... Yet, they can integrate and differentiate. Guess what is the most useful. Education is really flawed and it opens the door to those sects and ideologies.
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