I am concerned about the competence and integrity of science.
No I do not put myself above others, but If you are going to express an 'opinion,' or more critical complete denial of the science of evolution endorsed by the scientists worldwide, who are qualified by their education and experience, your responses become meaningless based on a religious agenda. The same way the scientist that do the research to build airplanes and computers. Education and experience are legitimate requirements.
The reason we have universities and colleges that have evolved for hundreds of years as institutions of learning, research and technology. Without this we do not have a foundation for the knowledge of science and technology.
Yes you need the required education and experience to even comprehend the evidence. All you have done throw out disconnected references without understanding the context. Yes, you need qualifications in any field of science and technology to understand and use it.
I am concerned about the competence and integrity of science, as well... despite what your opinion is about me.
A man who builds a complex computer system did so because he learned from previous builds - even if it was the most simple.
He also uses the knowledge he gains from understanding how thing of that nature work.
One does not need a papers to do this. He gets papers because it's required for him to practice at some sort of institute.
It's the same with the man who learns how to drive... on his own. He could go on the road as a very experienced driver - more experienced than half the drivers on the road, but he would likely end up with a fine, and or jail time, because it's required by law to get a license.
There are children with very high IQ, who don't need qualifications to reason with an adult. All that child needs, are a few books, and he will leave professors with their certificates dumbfounded and scratching their heads.
"Ordinary" people aren't ignorant and stupid because they don't have papers There are many intelligent people out there who do not accept the theory of evolution, simply because the evidence presented is not sufficient to convince them it is true.
The scientists who challenge it, whether they be religious or not, do so for the same reason.
If people have convinced themselves that all people who oppose the "evidence" are religious, they are simply wrong.
Atheist and agnostics have also rejected it, and some have even concluded that there is some sort of intelligence involved in what the see around them, even if they don't subscribe to God, as is presented by religion.
I think the reason why some are so quick to judge others and try to belittle them, is due to their arrogance, and pride.
