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Originally Posted by NotGuilty136
"god" isn't all powerful and the numbers scientists are trying to shove down peoples throats are inaccurate. Accept that.
I'm always astounded when people talk about scientists in these debates as having one common agenda that goes against something or someone else like religion.
The fact is that they're a bunch of individuals who don't want to be known for be frauds or producing work that is not good quality.
They critique each other's publications brutally as they are often in competition with each other or at the least are passionate about what they think is good science.
You won't get a group of scientists covering for each other, especially worldwide. There a lot of different funding bodies for any type of research and there's no way they'd all be persuaded to sell something they don't believe is true.
Scientists can only look at the evidence they are able to find. They are not perfect. Some will make mistakes somtimes which is why other scientists must be brutal when deciding whether or not to let someone else's work be published.
I have heard of the occaisional fraud but ultimately they will be exposed - by OTHER scientist who want their jobs and their funding and have real results that contradict the lies and they want to publish them.
The scientific community is not one evil force trying to decieve people.