A Sodom and Gomorrah story show scientific facts not completed in public opinion
It claims to be destroyed by an asteroid or commet Airburst the Sodom Bible obtained the public imagination. This withdrawal shows that science conclusions were not selected by most public command rule
The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, painted John Martin, 1852.
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In 2021 a multidalisciplinary team of researchers claimed that a Tungosna-sized Airburst, was larger than such an airburst in human history near the dead sea. The story is viral. It says destruction of high el-hammam about 1650 BCE, with reports of melting pottery and mudbricks, taught in the Bible, the team ends with Scientific reports, Noted that “what can be given as a ruin in a city by an airburst / effect activity.”
News from Smithsonian UNTO THE Times In Britain covered the report. It has all the ingredients – with the authors touting the connection to the Bible towns of Sodom and Gomorrah – to make it pure clickbait gold. Of the day it was published, one of the co-authors Posted links on his blog with their three press releases. A week passed She meant that this is the “most readable role in the land science” based on 250,000 articles access.
However, science is not a popular competition, and the “cosmic outburst” story has a different lesson than the first belief, how the public should hear bad claims. In April, before the study passed the 666,000 Mark, Scientific reports Moves the search, writing That “claims that an airburst event destroys the middle city of high el-hammam appears to be insufficiently supported by article articles,” the independent scientists (I am one of them) wrongly approach,, errors of truth and Inappropriate manipulation in digital data in the image. A study co-author Reply to withdrawal In an online post with claims that the editor raises the harassment of doubts, conclude that the “public opinion court is stronger than a decayed inbox in the editor.”
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The public opinion influences policy decisions and priorities in scientific funds. People are interested in new medical healings and newly-discoveries of starvation, which can help explain why we have a NIH and a NIH. So it’s important that the public can read science and well aware. However, scientific facts are determined by scientific, reasoning and evidence, all presented in publications that peer-examined publications require revision. Scientists do not vote for those who have found, but they achieve integration by meeting understandings based on many studies in many fields.
Sodoma’s plane role represents Nadir in “Science by issuance of press,” which means but the thin supported claims directly in the media and the public. Press ReacesHealing the references to the implications of Sodom and the Bible, appear to focus on titillation such as science.
A meme, in its original meaninga self-owning unit of cultural information is better than evolutionary evidence. Like genes, memes can be engineered. Science by press release Be an effective first step in creation and washing such memes in collective public consciousness. The plane paper authors in Sodom make it good. Their press releases are quickly selected and repeated by the same online clickbait media and mainstream media.
Sodoma Airburst Meme is very successful that it achieves pop culture and public acceptance within a year of paper publication, in it “Last jeopardy!“Question:” A 2021 study suggested that an asteroid hit Jordan Valley C. 1650 BC, gives the story of this town in Genesis 19. “What is Sodom?”)
I have no illusion that this myth is suddenly rejected by the public because the paper is returned. This is an attractive and compelling idea that has occurred since this is suggested by astronomers Gerald Hawkins on 1961. I think it’s more likely to join the big and growing pantheon in continuous false beliefs, facts of folks and city stories. Contrary to identifying the error, scientists know that people use more than 10 percent of their brain,, Vaccines do not cause autism, “Deox Diets” None clean our bodiestoads do not give US Wartsand the bulls don’t hate the Color red.
Many of myths are harmless. You can’t hurt you to avoid kissing toads, for example. Trusting other incorrect scientific claims can be very dangerous. Avoid vaccination with your kids, and you cover it with danger of severe illness or death.
What hurt if most people think that God sent an asteroid to extinguish people in Sodom, because of their bad ways? That can go any way. The Old Testament, at Ezekiel 16: 49-50saying they are punished because they are “proud, filled and unknown; they do not help poor and poor.” Is it bad if the fear of an asteroid makes us better people? But it can also produce opposition to Planary defense programs To plan and prevent the effect of an asteroid when we discover one of a collision course. If most people think that it is God’s will and that we have taken it, why do we not accept our destiny?
Finally, the known options learned in science are the best, if they are related to personal decisions about vaccination or public climate change. If faith encourages people to better themselves, I am all too. It does not have to take unreasonable and unknown fear of fire and sulfur from asteroid airburst so we want to be more humble, good and generous than people in Sodom.
This is an article of opinion and analysis, and the insights expressed by the author or authors should not be American American.
