Monday, January 08, 2007  Why Are So Many Engineers and
Physicians IDiots?  Stephen Meyer on Engineers and ID is an
answer the the question of why are there so many engineers who
believe in intelligent design, and why are there so few
scientists. Meyer says it's because engineers are better able to
recognize design. That's only part of the answer. The other,
more important, part is that they don't know how to recognize
good science because they're not scientists. They can't tell the
difference between engineering and science.  The Cost of
Mistakes address the observation that a higher percentage of
doctors fall for ID compared to scientists. DaveScot explains
that it's because doctors recognize the cost of mistakes. They
know that an error will most likely have bad consequences so
they see through the modern concept of evolution and recognize
that errors can't lead to improvement. That's only part of the
answer—and not a very important part. The real reason is that
Doctors aren't scientists so they don't unde