Earl Chester Rex, A Scientist quoted by the Watchtower (page 2)

B_Deserter

The thing about the WTS is that they try to use quotes from non-biologists to prove that there is scientific disagreement about evolution occurring. Astronomers like Robert Jastrow and Mathematicians are not qualified to speak authoritatively on matters of biology, just as a biologist is not qualified to speak in the same manner about Astronomy and Mathematics. Brooklyn is simply hoping that most people see a science-y title and automatically make the conclusion that this person is an expert on all scientific matters.

It is the equivalent of asking a fry cook his opinion on the local fire department record-keeping methods.

B_Deserter

Actually, appeal to authority, when used correctly, is not fallacious. That's why expert witnesses in court cases have their credentials scrutinized.

In this case, however, the appeal to authority is not used correctly. His credentials in mathematics give him no expertise to speak authoritatively on evolution, which is squarely in the realm of biology. It's like having a brain surgeon testify about crime scene remains instead of a forensic anthropologist.

VM44

Not much information about Earl Chester Rex is to be found.

Jerry Bergman found the following information:

Earl Chester Rex MS is professor of physics at Pepperdine University. His AS is from Notre Dame University and his MS is from the University of Washington.

http://www.rae.org/darwinskeptics.html

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Earl Chester Rex's death was announced in the American Mathematical Monthly.

News and Notices

The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 72, No. 5 (May, 1965), pp. 570-571

Associate Professor Earl C. Rex, George Pepperdine College, died on August 24, 1964. He was a member of the Association for 23 years.

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The only published article I found that Mr. Rex wrote appeared in 1949 in the American Journal of Physics.

American Journal of Physics -- October 1949 -- Volume 17, Issue 7, p. 453

Eliminating the Physics Final Examination

Earl C. Rex

George Pepperdine College, Los Angeles, California

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A review of Vector Analysis was published in the American Journal of Physics

American Journal of Physics -- February 1953 -- Volume 21, Issue 2, p. 149

Vector Analysis

Earl C. Rex, Author and Mary H. Payne, Reviewer

Michigan State College

VM44

My question is this....What scientific research did Mr. Rex perform that justified his considering himself a "scientist"?

hubert

I wonder what his religion was? J.W. perhaps?

Hubert

VM44

Its been 43 since he died and Earl Chester Rex is remembered only because he was referenced in an old Watchtower article! What a legacy!

VM44

There is something very wrong here.

Why would the 88 page text of notes prepared by Earl Chester Rex for his students in 1952 be mentioned as being a significant accomplishment worthy of mention? What about his original scientific research published in peer reviewed journals?

Again, something is very wrong here.

--VM44

VM44

Obviously Earl Chester Rex was a math/physics college teacher who was passing himself off as a scientist!

VM44

I am going to obtain a copy of this book.

As a reference to it was used to establish Earl Chester Rex's qualifications as a "scientist" it will be interesting and I am sure illuminating to examine its contents.

--VM44

OUTLAW

Didn`t Carl Sagan gett pissed off when WBT$ quoted him?..Seems WBT$ did`nt get it right.....But,then again..WBT$ has`nt been right for over 100 years..A flawless track record!..LOL!!...OUTLAW

Earl Chester Rex, A Scientist quoted by the Watchtower

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