I'm sorry, I've work to do and stopped to this reply but I wanted say my point of view:
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Originally Posted by Willravel
The more time biologists, geologists, physicists, and other scientists have to defend very basic science to morons, the less time they get to spend on the good stuff, like curing diseases or creating a grand unified theory.
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Yes. Not so drastic, but it is!
Expecially when media strikes fears or doubts into people's mind a bunch of fools comes into the department asking silly questions.
Sometimes by reason, sometimes not.
When there was chernobyl radiobiology and nuclear department was literally invaded by guy that asked to measure the radioactivity of their homemade vegetables or thinks like that. When there was spreading a voice about black-hole creation in LHC a bunch of curious guy came to the Dean of the department that puntually asked we PhD student to answer the questions... and so on... :P
However the most curious thing about Creationism and Science I've ever heard was from a Full professor in Nuclear Physics Varsaw. He was a fully creationist believer, like believing in a 6000 years old Earth, retending that the science that HIMSELF was doing and confirming the billions age of the Earth was only a faith test by God.
I mean, you are a Nuclear Scientist, the ratio between U235 and U238 are because of differents decay times that in billions of years create a disproportion. One of the main proof of anciety of the universe is your main study subject, and you turn your head pretending that all you're studying are bullshit that God deliberatly crafted for somewhat sadistic reason?
Some people are truly ignorant and with a better education can understand the point about Science, but some others simply don't want to listen even if they are major world expert only to don't face the brutal truth.