This quote comes in the midst of a large discussion, so I’m putting it here.
Daniel Morgan wrote:
On this comment, when evolution came up, I found perhaps the earliest instance of snarkiness — “Scientists are just as much religious toward their method as any theist is toward his God. To pretend otherwise is simply to display philosophical ignorance.”
This was in response to Touchstone’s assertion that your philosophy of science was too restrictive, and thus wrong. I can keep digging through the evolution threads, but those who have been following the more recent threads will see that your general assery outmatches anything Tstone has done by orders of magnitude.
You are not so rude typically, and it seems you are never so rude on your own blog. I suppose Hays and Manata are rubbing off on you.
This was in response to my asking Daniel to provide evidence that I’ve been “act[ing] like an arse towards T-stone [Touchstone] from the get-go” on my Triablogue comments.
Frankly, I don’t see how what Daniel provided constitutes any wrong behavior. I completely stand by my original statement.  Scientists do behave “religiously” toward science. How is pointing that out an example of me making an ass of myself?
Or perhaps Daniel thinks that the “assery” part comes in under the denial of the obvious being equated to philosophical ignorance. But what else do you call it if you deny the obvious?
Frankly, if this is all the evidence Daniel has to “prove” I’m being an ass, it’s not impressive. Although it’s more evidence then he’s come up with for the basis of a morality… :-)
