[Road Warrior ‘04]

What does "Intelligent Design THEORY" explain?

What does the Darwinian THEORY explain! They are theories! You speak of predictions and hypotheses! Aren't those guesses?

[Thatcherite]

You speak of predictions and hypotheses! Aren't those guesses?

They are, until the predictions come true. Countless predictions of future observations have been made using the theory of evolution, and uncannily they always come true when investigated. Successful predictions are one of the requirements for a theory to be considered scientific. ID has mode none to date, and the supporters of ID haven't even proposed any.

[Dimensio]

What does the Darwinian THEORY explain!

It explains the existing diversity of life on earth and the fossil record, both in its configuration and the appearance of fossilized organisms that do not resemble any existing species of organisms, as well as the abscence of existing species of organisms appearing within the fossil record.

They are theories!

Evolution is a theory. I'm still waiting to hear someone justify ID as a theory.

You speak of predictions and hypotheses! Aren't those guesses?

Predictions are educated guesses as to what observations will occur based upon a specific test. Predictions are derived from theories, they are not themselves theories. Hypotheses are constructs to explain events that have not yet risen to the level of theory. And I didn't say anything about hypotheses before, so why did you claim that I did?

[RightWhale]

What does the Darwinian THEORY explain!

Darwinism explains a lot. But, its main accomplishment was the rout of teleology.

[RedStateRocker]

With all due respect, I think you are lacking in the technical nomenclature of science.

A 'Theory' is a set of postulates that either predict outcomes or explain the facts. A 'theory' is never 'true' 'false' it is either valid (had predictive and or explanatory value) or not. The very concept of 'theory' is based on the belief that it will be further refined as more information becomes available this does not negate its value in the present; for example classical (Newtonian) physics was a perfectly valid theory that described actions and predicted results until the increase in the accuracy of measurements indicated something was amiss, leading to a new and better theory, that of relativity.

A hypothesis (foundation from ancient Greek hupothesis where hupo = under and thesis = placing) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.

The word 'theory' does *NOT* mean a 'guess', nor does the word 'hypothesis.