That is fine, when theory means theory in the colloquial sense, but scientific theory is a not a mere theory.
It is not necessarily a "moral crime" to accept scientific theories (not mere theories) like evolution and gravity, it does certainly signal either willful ignorance, plain ignorance or social/political choices to actively reject scientific theory. The only one that probably ought not be judged, at the very least, as a social problem, is actual ignorance.
QuietNewApplication t1_isrj3oh wrote
Reply to comment by AndyDaBear in Science Denialism Is a Form of Pseudoscience - Massimo Pigliucci by CartesianClosedCat
That is fine, when theory means theory in the colloquial sense, but scientific theory is a not a mere theory.
It is not necessarily a "moral crime" to accept scientific theories (not mere theories) like evolution and gravity, it does certainly signal either willful ignorance, plain ignorance or social/political choices to actively reject scientific theory. The only one that probably ought not be judged, at the very least, as a social problem, is actual ignorance.