On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:24:20 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> On 4/13/2011 15:31, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:18:41 +0200, andrel wrote:
>>
>>> - nobody (at least no scientist) knows 'the chemical origins of life'
>>
>> Now I didn't actually take high school biology, but I thought there had
>> been some progress made in this area
> 
> Progress, but nothing definitive like *actually* making life.

Now that you say it, yes, I think that is what I found.  But getting 
closer, certainly.

>>>   - 'global warming' is perhaps the only thing mentioned that comes
>>> close to being a controversy in the scientific field.
>>
>> And even then it's not that controversial.  It's a relatively small
>> percentage of scientists who study climate change who think climate
>> change isn't happening.
> 
> I think it's more controversial what to do about it.  And at least
> there's something that remotely *sounds* controversial about it, if you
> actually read the original source stuff.

Certainly for those who believe science stands still - and that our 
understanding hasn't changed (or should I say 'evolved'? ;) ) since 
Darwin wrote about it.

Jim

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