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To: lonestar67
Which by the way, I wish evolution proponents would read or acknowledge TS Kuhns work on Scientific Revolution which explains how scientific communities maintain consensus on theories such as evolution.

Read it in grad school, along with my evolution studies. So?

1,532 posted on 12/20/2005 7:06:13 PM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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I expect that most science students still read this important work.

I mentioned earlier that an article concluded that new studies of primates and humans was a paradigm shift. This is an important term in Kuhn's work

It alludes to how major scientific theories change--sometimes dramatically such as the shift from Ptolemaic astronomy.

I get a rhetorical sense from evolution advocates that this theory is unassailable and must last forever. No theory in science is expected to last forever. It is a constant testing process. Evolution is losing its scientific edge by over reacting to challenges.


1,544 posted on 12/20/2005 7:12:07 PM PST by lonestar67
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