NASA's IMAGOLUTIONARY "ROCK OF LIFE"

SO WHY DID NASA CHOOSE TO RISK ITS SCIENTIFIC CREDIBILITY AND JOIN THE RANKS OF TABLOID JOURNALISTS BY MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE PEER REVIEW WAS DONE? COULD IT BE THAT THESE NASA SCIENTISTS ARE "TRUE BELIEVERS" IN THE METAPHYSICAL RELIGION OF MACRO-EVOLUTION?? THOMAS JEFFERSON EXPLAINED THE BIASED NATURE OF SCIENTIFIC THEORIES IN A 1787 LETTER TO HIS FRIEND, CHARLES THOMPSON, WHEN HE SAID; "The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees, in every object, only the traits which favor that theory." IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT EVOLUTIONISTS HAVE ACCUSED CREATIONISTS OF THIS VERY THING FOR YEARS. IT APPEARS TO US THAT THE OLD MAXIM "WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND" AND THE MEANING OF THE WORD SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS HAVE IMPORTANT RELEVANCE HERE. ORIGINALLY, THE FOUNDERS OF EMPIRICAL SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY, AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPLES OF UNRESTRICTED ACADEMIC FREEDOM, INCORPORATED WITHIN THEM "VOLUNTARY" CHECKS AND BALANCES. EMPIRICAL SCIENCE INCORPORATED "QUALIFYING DEFINITIONS AND DIFFERENTIATIONS" OF THE WORDS, EMPIRICAL SCIENCE & METAPHYSICAL SCIENCE, FACT & THEORY, LAW & HYPOTHESES, TO PROTECT US AGAINST THEIR MISUSE AND ABUSE. THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES QUALIFIED THE DEFINITION OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THEIR APRIL 1976 RESOLUTION, "AN AFFIRMATION OF FREEDOM AND INQUIRY AND EXPRESSION." THESE ARE WONDERFUL CONSTRUCTIVE TOOLS IN THE HANDS OF A SOCIETY, BOTH ACADEMIC AND RELIGIOUS, WHO ARE COMMITTED TO "VOLUNTARY" MORAL AND ETHICAL CONDUCT. BUT, IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO ABANDON THIS CONDUCT, THEY BECOME DESTRUCTIVE WEAPONS OF EMPIRICAL DISTORTION AND ACADEMIC OPPRESSION ! California Institute of Omniology IS CALLING ON ALL WHO ARE WITHIN THE ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES TO RESTORE THE MORAL AND ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS, WHEREVER THEY HAVE WANED, THAT ORIGINALLY MADE THESE "TRUELY" INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. AS REGARDS THE FLAWS IN OUR HUMAN NATURES. BECOME INTOLERANT TOWARDS INTOLERANCE, BIASED TOWARDS BIAS AND BIGOTED TOWARDS BIGOTRY. FOR THOSE WHO SHARE OUR PASSION FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY, WE LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS THOMAS JEFFERSON WROTE TO ABIGAIL ADAMS IN 1804; "I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion without imputing to them criminality." CLICK HERE For your printable copy of the N.A.S. 1976 Resolution "AN AFFIRMATION FREEDOM AND INQUIRY AND EXPRESSION" Return to Contents