Posted on 10/23/2013 3:06:21 AM PDT by markomalley
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The universe is a glittering example of chaos bound by very few rules. One look at the moon through a telescope will show what a shooting gallery it is. Ask Galileo.
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Or remember the 4 seasons of the year, in which one of the most beautiful seasons is fall.
Read the book “Privileged Planet” for an awe-inspiring journey through the marvelous “coincidences” that make this universe possible, and this earth the most marvelous place in it.
Yes, the seasons are a result of a random tilt most likely due to a planetary collision.
Are you missing a /s tag?
Nope, just relating a clear scientific observation.
Rather, the movements of the sun.
just relating a clear scientific observation
"The seasons are the result of a tilt," is a scientific observation. The declaration that the tilt is "random" is a philosophical judgment based not on observation but on preconceived worldview that we might as well call "religion."
"Most likely due to a planetary collision" is a hypothesis. For a hypothesis to advance beyond a "just-so story," it has to be tested and retested by experiments. No amount of "most likely," "must be," "may have, "could be," etc. advances a hypothesis beyond speculation; only testing does this.
As this example illustrates, the seepage of philosophy into science can be subtle, but it jumps up and screams, "Here I am!" at us if we're alert.
It’s funny, all those “planetary collisions” -
the cause of planetary tilt, Uranus spinning sideways, and Venus spinning “backwards”...
It has been tested. The material returned from the moon landing show it is composed of material identical to the earths crust but not its core. The only reaonable assertion is that a large scale collision during or just prior to the Late Bombardment between the earth anda planet used object pushed off a significant portion of the earths crust.
The greater point is this; the universe is chaotic. To assert that it is an example of order is simply aughable.
You understand that the earth is closest to the sun in January, right?
Your affirmation of science is an affirmation of “order.”
Your use of language is an affirmation of “order.”
If you had any integrity, your comment would have instead been, “slr lwew lrkuo awllawl awl11 o.” That would have been much more in line with your affirmation of chaos ...
Once the shortest day of each year has taken place, December 21st. Then the days begin to get longer after that.
Veritatis Splendor!
I'm sure you realize that this is a statement of faith, rather than of science.
Humans can bring order. To assert nature displays order is to assert an absurdity. One look through a telescope at the lunar surface is to see the result of random bombardment. To say otherwise is similar to saying the Jackson Pollack put every paint drop just where he wanted it.
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