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To: JediGirl
ii. It demands "proof" of a scientific theory. However, the act of demanding "proof" merely betrays ignorance of scientific methods. Unlike mathematical theories, scientific theories are not "proven". Competing theories are judged on their consistency with observation, and the best theory wins (science itself is an evolutionary process in that respect). If science demanded absolute "proof" of theories, then we wouldn't have any theories at all. Even the theory of gravity can't be "proven"; it can only be shown to be consistent with observation.

This is what worries me most. One of the greatest claims of Western civilization is the Scientific Method. I like to think of the reported words of Alexander Graham Bell, apocryphal or not, when he said "What has God wrought?" You can't have it both ways. There is just something misguided and immature, AFAIC, in applying an article of religious faith to the scientific domain, i.e. Creation Theory. What's next? Labeling the Resurrection "Heavenly Teleportation Theory?"

13 posted on 03/08/2002 8:54:40 AM PST by Harrison Bergeron
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To: Harrison Bergeron
I love the scientific method. It's a pity that the theory of naturalistic evolution cannot be subjected to it.
16 posted on 03/08/2002 9:01:06 AM PST by Exnihilo
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