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  • The Religion of Science (Evolution as Faith!)

    01/14/2006 12:16:35 AM PST · 136 of 603
    snuff to connectthedots

    connectthedots said "To be a theory, it must be testable. Evolution is not testable. Since it is not testable, evolution fits much better within the definition of a scientific model than a theory."

    How is evolution not testable? The main pretext of evolution is that every once in a while, a genetic strain will appear that is more suitable to survival. Gregor Mendel, that underappreciated monk, proved without a doubt that certain genetic traits can be passed on from pea plant to pea plant, thereby loosely proving that advantageous genetic traits will be passed on to offspring. This passing on will, in turn, give the offspring with the genetic advantage a better cahnce for survival, or the tools to outcompete plants of inferior genentic makeup. Survival of the fittest at its most basic.

    SotF is the primary precept behind the concept of evolution, yet you state that evolution is "untestable" and go so far as to belittle someone else? Fantastic.

    Explain to me how, exactly, you consider evolution to be "untestable".

  • The Religion of Science (Evolution as Faith!)

    01/13/2006 11:28:20 PM PST · 114 of 603
    snuff to Kuiper

    Kuiper said: "Beyond that, there is no way that even if the first cell did exist and function (which is mathematically impossible)"


    Mathematically impossible? I think not. Mathematically improbable? Yes. BUT, it's also mathematically improbable that I saw a Wyoming license plate 8 - 5672 today, but I did.