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To: Junior
But Darwin's predictions have no relevance for looking forward into the future -- he could not say for certain that any species in the future would even exist, let alone become more complex.
117 posted on 06/07/2002 2:22:02 PM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child
But Darwin's predictions have no relevance for looking forward into the future --

For the sake of argument, let's say that Darwinism makes no predictions about the future of a species, that is not a prerequisite for a theory. A theory need merely make predictions, which Darwinism does, and be testable in that way.

126 posted on 06/07/2002 2:30:08 PM PDT by Junior
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To: Alberta's Child
But Darwin's predictions have no relevance for looking forward into the future -- he could not say for certain that any species in the future would even exist, let alone become more complex.

This claim of yours demonstrates that you don't understand the scientific method at all.

131 posted on 06/07/2002 2:33:47 PM PDT by spqrzilla9
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