[Evolution] can demonstrate, beyond reasonable doubt, what did happen.
It is not that Dr. Silber does not understand biology but that the evolutionists do not understand epistemology. The empirical natural sciences can present experiments in which certain actions are observed. Thus in chemistry I can observe the result of combining two elements, in physics I can observe the laws of thermodynamics, in biology I can observe the functions of the various organs, etc. This observation is just not possible with evolution. The conclusions of natural evolution are the result of inductive reasoning and do not have the same logical validity as deductive reasoning. The evolutionists should remember this limitation when presenting their conclusions which in fact are no more than conjectures.
Some evolutionists are in fact epistemologists - Dan Dennett, for one.
The empirical natural sciences can present experiments in which certain actions are observed. Thus in chemistry I can observe the result of combining two elements, in physics I can observe the laws of thermodynamics, in biology I can observe the functions of the various organs, etc. This observation is just not possible with evolution. The conclusions of natural evolution are the result of inductive reasoning and do not have the same logical validity as deductive reasoning.
Not true. One can, for example, sequence the genomes of various organisms, show to a high degree of probability that these genes had a common ancestor, and even deduce what the gene sequence of that common ancestor was. And note I said 'deduce'.
Besides, all science is based to an extent on inductive reasoning. Only someone ignorant of science would claim otherwise. For example, when we chemists synthesize a natural product, we use chemical reactions that have been checked out on similar systems, but not as part of that particular synthesis. Inferring that if it works on similar systems, it will work on that system, is pure induction.
The evolutionists should remember this limitation when presenting their conclusions which in fact are no more than conjectures
What fascinates me most about evolution is that people who are radically ignorant about it or indeed about science as a whole nonetheless seem to feel entitled to have their uninformed opinions taken seriously.