dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (05/22/85)
> [Stanley Friesen] > But creationism is *not* falsifiable in the scientific sense, > since for any concievable observation I might make, you can say, > "But God *made* it that way", He could even have created the Universe > complete with a past(see other postings). True, one might always say that. That does not mean, however, that one *does* say it for every conceivable observation that comes up. It seems to me that most creationists have no wish to explain *everything* by recourse to the supernatural. It is more that, not being convinced that *everything* can be explained on the basis of the natural, some events (i.e., origin of life) are then thought not to have a naturalistic basis. > Evolutionary theory, as a > theory of a process, at least predicts that a certain *class* of > observations will occur as a result of the process, all of which are > in fact observed. Yes, it does. They'll get more complex. Or they'll get simpler. Or they'll stay the same. Some prediction. Or did you have something else in mind? -- | Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois --+-- | |
long@oliveb.UUCP (A Panther Modern) (05/25/85)
References: | > Evolutionary theory, as a | > theory of a process, at least predicts that a certain *class* of | > observations will occur as a result of the process, all of which are | > in fact observed. | | Yes, it does. They'll get more complex. Or they'll get simpler. Or | they'll stay the same. Some prediction. | | Or did you have something else in mind? I suspect that the prediction he had in mind was that they'll become better suited to ensure the "survival" of their genes. Dave Long -- {hplabs,fortune,idi,ihnp4,tolerant,allegra,tymix}!oliveb!long