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To: Fichori
What Coyoteman had to say about Evolutionary Science.

If you are going to quote me at least do it right.

The text below is the post you are referring to in its entirely. It deals with science, not "Evolutionary Science." And you don't mention any problems with the post, so you must be saying that you agree with it.

There are assumptions that science makes that are unfalsifiable.

It is hypotheses and theories that are required to be falsifiable, not assumptions.

According to Wiki:

An assumption according to Asimov is

something accepted without proof, and it is incorrect to speak of an assumption as either true or false, since there is no way of proving it to be either (If there were, it would no longer be an assumption). It is better to consider assumptions as either useful or useless, depending on whether deductions made from them corresponded to reality. ... On the other hand, it seems obvious that assumptions are the weak points in any argument, as they have to be accepted on faith in a philosophy of science that prides itself on its rationalism. Since we must start somewhere, we must have assumptions, but at least let us have as few assumptions as possible.

Also, check out this essay:

Background Information—The Nature of Science

A brief excerpt:

So, what is science? Let us start by asking, what are the goals of science? Science, at its most basic level, is a search for explanations about the natural world. The goal of science is to find the best possible natural explanations for natural occurrences. Scientists seek to understand why the natural world is the way that it is, as well as how the natural world works. In order to do this, they use methodological naturalism. Methodological naturalism is a philosophical rule used by scientists. This rule states that scientists must look for a naturalistic cause (and only a naturalistic cause) for a natural phenomenon. In other words, scientists cannot invoke supernatural explanations. This method of science assumes:

1) The natural world has an order to it—nature follows the same general rules throughout the universe
2) Natural phenomena have natural explanations
3) Humans can uncover these explanations, using critical and objective thinking, as well as careful investigation

Why do scientists use this methodology? Because it works! It has proven to be a reliable method of uncovering explanations for natural phenomena.

150 posted on 05/01/2008 2:17:43 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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To: Coyoteman
" If you are going to quote me at least do it right.

The text below is the post you are referring to in its entirely. It deals with science, not "Evolutionary Science." And you don't mention any problems with the post, so you must be saying that you agree with it."

I stand corrected.

The reason I only posted a link was because in the past I have been flamed for alleged copy-n-paste.

Even when it was my own composition.


While I do disagree with the philosophy of Methodological Naturalism, I do agree that your post was a good description of it.


I may be mistaken, but as I understand it, your post described the Scientific Method used for Evolution.

It also demonstrated the scientific dogma that I have previously discussed.

151 posted on 05/01/2008 2:28:23 PM PDT by Fichori (Truth is non-negotiable.)
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