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To: gore3000
Well, your statement above shows very well why evolution cannot be science. For a theory to be scientifically proven, it must first be a theory, not just 'any old theory'.

No theory cannot be "scientifically proven." You obviously don't know even the most basic aspects of the epistemology of science.

Evolution cannot be "proven," all we can do is show that evolution is a (much, much, much) better theory to explain the past and plan for the future than creationism.

86 posted on 07/07/2003 10:13:03 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: xm177e2
No theory cannot be "scientifically proven." You obviously don't know even the most basic aspects of the epistemology of science.

Wrong. That evolution cannot be scientifically proven because it it not even a theory does not mean that other theories cannot be scientifically proven. Scientific proof is not the same as mathematical proof but it is proof nonetheless. Science is proven by experimentation, repetition, observation and even by the ability to apply the theory to useful purposes. It is this last form of proof that has given science its good reputation and it is in this last kind of proof that evolution is sorely lacking.

BTW - now that you have admitted that there is no scientific proof for evolution, kindly stop saying that evolution is science.

92 posted on 07/08/2003 4:47:51 AM PDT by gore3000 (Intelligent people do not believe in evolution.)
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