Science, Creation & EvolutionWhy is Academia evolutionist?"Science doesn't prove things, it merely gets increasingly greater confidence in them." Science does not involve proof. It is inductive, collecting evidence and making inferences from them. Normally, the data is handled mathematically, and a certain statistical confidence level is considered compelling. No theory is proven. There are inductive proofs, but they are not found in science. Theories. Assumptions get no support in science. True. It's not meant to confuse people. Quite the opposite. We need very specific terms to avoid confusion. "Speciation is an observed fact. However, creationists no longer call speciation "macroevolution." The last time I checked, most "creation scientists" figured that evolution extended to new species, genera and families." I guess the observation of the evolution of whales in the fossil record would count. The observation of the evolution of mammals from reptiles would be another. I haven't yet seen a good argument against it. The last world-class biologist who rejected evolution died about a hundred years ago.
I am very sorry. I put that in quotes, because it was not my statement. I thought it was yours. Perhaps not. Sorry for the misunderstanding. If I want my car fixed, I don't ask my tailor to do it. "If we're talking science, we need to use the scientific explanation. In science, a theory is a well-tested idea or body of ideas that explains natural phenomena. I'm aware that "theory" has a common meaning as well, but that's not the one scientists use. "
"No kidding? I learned about it in the mid-60s, and at that time, it had the meaning it has today. You deserve a lot of respect for lasting that long... " "True. But in this case, we have nearly 50 years of common use in science to back it up. I have no idea how much earlier that definition was established. " But what did "theory" mean? Even reading the literature from the 30s and 40s, I see "theory" defined as it is today. Where did you attend college? |
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