That strikes me as absurd. (i.e. I know for sure what happened in steps 2 through 27,367. But I don't have the foggiest notion what happened in step 1.) You don't suppose the "truth" about steps 2 - 27,367 could be related in any way to step 1, do ya?
The Nobel prize await you if you can solve step one. By the way, no one knows all about steps 2-27,367. We also don't know exactly what happened in the OJ murders. Does this mean they didn't happen? Or does it mean that those who believe OJ is a murderer are promulgating a religion?
[you:] That strikes me as absurd. (i.e. I know for sure what happened in steps 2 through 27,367. But I don't have the foggiest notion what happened in step 1.) You don't suppose the "truth" about steps 2 - 27,367 could be related in any way to step 1, do ya?
Every science starts at step 2 or higher. Newton's theory of gravity explains how pieces of matter interact with each other, but it doesn't explain where the first piece of matter came from. Copernicus's heliocentric theory doesn't explain where the sun and planets came from, only how they move in relation to each other. Similarly, the theory of evolution explains how living things develop into species as a result of imperfect reproduction (i.e., each new creature is not an exact copy of its parents). It cannot, by definition, tell us what happened before organisms began reproducing imperfectly. That does not, contrary to your assertion, cast any doubt on the validity of what it does tell us.