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Originally Posted by cyclone3483
On the contrary, it shows to me that he is keeping his personal beliefs out of it. He is attempting to be objective. His personal belief, if he does not let it affect his job, is unimportant. What if he were an athiest in that position and he was asked if he believed in intelligent design, and he refused to answer because he said his personal beliefs were unimportant? Would that be any different? Not at all.
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Well, in both cases it's a dumb question. Not only because he should "keep his personal beliefs" out of his job, but because his role is not to debate the merits of scientific arguments.
However, it is a problem that he answered it in the way that he did. It creates way more controversy than if he had simply said "I'm not a scientist. I trust scientists to create and test hypotheses in the real world."
Worst of all, he immediately alluded to his religion. If his scientific beliefs are not relevant to his job, what does that say about his
religious beliefs. His scientific beliefs should be irrelevant. His religious beliefs
should not merit any mention at all, least of all being mentioned by him in response to a question about science.
Sounds like a guy who has difficulty knowing just what his job is. I meant what I said--it was an odd question, but almost any answer would have been better than the one he gave.