The scientific method as we know it today was not used in those days. Scientists used whatever techniques they thought were accurate, there wasn't a testable, verifiable way to corroborate data during that time. Today there is. That's why using such claims like the one Mrs. Wright made is ignorant. It was the scientists who came along and corrected the mistake. Like Morgen said, she's just parrotting shit she's heard from other creationists without actually doing any research, then to top it off, during her presentation she carries the smuggest smile I've ever witnessed! I LOL'd when Dawkins said "just pick up a book!" lmfao!
The creationists are still clinging to the way they used to do science back in the day. That method is not science, as perfectly represented by Heckels embryo's. Quite ironic she doesn't understand that.
As for the "Darwinian" society, he's absolutely right, it would be terrible. But that says nothing about the validity of the theory. What, are we supposed to dismiss it as false simply because it scares us? Ridiculous. This argument is similar to the "Hitler believed in Darwinism so that must mean it's bad!" Dawkins makes perfect sense when he says we should study the theory so that we can understand it better and avoid such atrocities as the Holocaust and inhumane medical practices like eugenics! Avoiding the data, misinterpreting the research, and manipulating the evidence is NOT the way to plan ahead and make the best decisions. You make the best decisions by collecting the most CORRECT information and applying it to the problem, exactly as he suggested. Just because the way a certain mechanism described in the theory functions is essentially "survival of the fittest" does not mean we should base our moral code upon it. That's retarded. The theory of evolution says nothing about how human beings should act or behave, only how we EVOLVE.
