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To: Thatcherite
You would like measurable evidence but quite frankly things exist that can't be measured. How about a motive in a court case or love. People worship science as if it is the be all end all.

"Science operates on induction. The inductive method entails searching out things in the world and drawing generalized conclusions about those things based on observation. Scientists can only draw conclusions on what they find, not on what they can't find. "
179 posted on 01/19/2005 12:26:12 PM PST by Idisarthur
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To: Idisarthur
You would like measurable evidence but quite frankly things exist that can't be measured. How about a motive in a court case or love. People worship science as if it is the be all end all. "Science operates on induction. The inductive method entails searching out things in the world and drawing generalized conclusions about those things based on observation. Scientists can only draw conclusions on what they find, not on what they can't find. "

Of course, that is why the conflict between science and religion is unnecessary. It is certain fundamentalist religions that seek this conflict, not science, because those religions fear that science contradicts their interpretation of their holy works. Science just reports on what it observes.

187 posted on 01/19/2005 12:32:06 PM PST by Thatcherite (Conservative and Biblical Literalist are not synonymous)
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