Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: freedumb2003
It's so sad that now you want to redefine what a "fact" is because you know that evolution is NO FACT. At best it is a hypothesis.

Reality reminder:

The scientific method is the best way yet discovered for winnowing the truth from lies and delusion. The simple version looks something like this:


1. Observe some aspect of the universe.
2. Invent a tentative description, called a hypothesis, that is consistent with what you have observed.
3. Use the hypothesis to make predictions.
4. Test those predictions by experiments or further observations and modify the hypothesis in the light of your results.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until there are no discrepancies between theory and experiment and/or observation.

When consistency is obtained the hypothesis becomes a theory and provides a coherent set of propositions which explain a class of phenomena. A theory is then a framework within which observations are explained and predictions are made.

So where YOU there?

You could not have OBSERVED anything since you were NOT there so you're still in the hypothesis stage as I stated.

You can't repeat or test your hypothesis since you were NOT there. So again, at best you have a scifi version hypothesis that suits what you would LIKE TO BELIEVE and nothing more. Forget that this hypothesis of yours defies the very laws of science you worship!

93 posted on 02/22/2006 7:40:36 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 80 | View Replies ]


To: nmh
You could not have OBSERVED anything since you were NOT there so you're still in the hypothesis stage as I stated.

Why does he have to have been 'there', as you put it? There is nothing in the scientific method that says your observations of the effects of an event or phenomena have to be contemporaneous with it.

For instance when we observe bodies in distance space we are seeing things that happened millions of years ago. That doesn't mean they're beyond the bounds of science, does it?

96 posted on 02/22/2006 8:05:05 AM PST by moatilliatta
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 93 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson