Scientists are just ordinary people like the rest of us and that means that they too can make mistakes. Of course they have expertise in some things, but often they are short on common sense. Don't sell out to the scientist. Just like everyone else he or she is biased. If he has thought up a theory he will want to prove it true even though he is supposed to try everything to prove it wrong. Just because you don't know what string theory is all about don't give in when you moral sense is alerted. Your opinions and beliefs matter, don't capitulate to the scientist, especially if he is on T.V. The scientist who is an atheist has a belief system too, it is called evolution and he is hell bent on spreading this belief by television.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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