hopeful@fluke.UUCP (Buford Wanttruth) (09/04/85)
'ere Oy am bein' 'armlously curious loik me good buddy, Buford. What do you 'knights of the Evolution comp think of this 'ere concept, a quote of a quote gleaned from Henry Morris' SCIENTIFIC CREATIONISM (p.18)? "The naive view implies that the universe suddenly came into existence and found a complete system of physical laws waiting to be obeyed....Actually it seems more natural to suppose that the physical universe and the laws of physics are inter-dependent. This leads us to expect that, if the universe changes in the large, then its laws might also change in a way that could not be predicted;..." (W.H. McCrea, "Cosmology after Half a Century, SCIENCE, Vol. 160 (June 2, 1968), p 1297). Thanks again tew Rod Foist fer the loan of this spice. Sincerely, Jake O'sHonesty P.S. Beware of Risky Rat-- 'e expects mice tah read 'is bloomin' lips!
padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan) (09/05/85)
> 'ere Oy am bein' 'armlously curious loik me good buddy, Buford. What do you > 'knights of the Evolution comp think of this 'ere concept, a quote of a quote > gleaned from Henry Morris' SCIENTIFIC CREATIONISM (p.18)? > > "The naive view implies that the universe suddenly came into existence and > found a complete system of physical laws waiting to be obeyed....Actually it > seems more natural to suppose that the physical universe and the laws of physics > are inter-dependent. This leads us to expect that, if the universe changes in > the large, then its laws might also change in a way that could not be > predicted;..." (W.H. McCrea, "Cosmology after Half a Century, SCIENCE, Vol. > 160 (June 2, 1968), p 1297). 1) It reflects the scientific approach that everything is held tentatively and is up for revision in the light of suitable evisence. 2) The question has been raised within the scientific community. 3) The large scale laws - specifically gravity - are not observed to change. Padraig Houlahan.