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Gallup's Darwin's Birthday Evolution Poll

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kafir2/13/2009 10:04:30 am PST

Some important points.

True scientists wont “believe” in evolution. They will accept it as a theory which does more to explain observations than other theories.

Evolution is as much a “fact” as is Newtonian gravitation, that is, not at all. Newtonian gravitation is known to be incorrect in specifics that general relativity fixes. But this doesn’t make relativity any more a ‘fact’.

The issue is one of lawyer-like interpretations of words ‘fact’ and ‘theory’ and ‘law’ which are fundamentally at odds with how real scientists use these words. This ambiguity on the part of the creationists is dishonest at best.

It is not correct to say “Evolution happened”. We don’t know if it did. Its just that all the observations to date can be explained by evolution. Moreover, questions that arise that challenge evolution are GOOD. A scientific theory is made STRONGER by smart intellectually honest people trying to poke holes in it, and failing to do so. Remember, you need but one observation that evolution cannot/does not predict to effectively nullify that theory.

And this is why creationism cannot be interpreted as a theory, as the proponents of the theory would never accept that it can be proven wrong with a single observation not in line with its predictions. Which is also why creationism and any of its derivatives should be taught in science class as “the wrong way to attack a good working theory”.

Remember, Einstein objected strenuously to quantum theory. Even proposed an experiment with two others now called EPR. Einstein vowed that the lord should not play games of dice in the universe, and if (s)he did, then EPR should work. Spooky action at a distance.

Teleportation. And instantaneous communication.

Which has now been observed in the lab.

Spooky.

Creationism isn’t a science, isn’t a scientific theory. Scientific theories should not be objects of belief. Otherwise they are no more than a faith.