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To: Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...
But understand that there are lots of scientists that believe in ID.

You need to learn more about what real science means.

What you do not understand is that, by virtue of adhering to ID theories an individual excludes himself from the world of science, divests himself of the high priesthood of scientists, and places himself into the dark world of superstition. Science and religion are as far apart as, well, east from west. One simply cannot allow the intermingling of tangible, provable, hard facts with unseen and uncertified hunches. No hunches allowed, nosirree.

And while the world may appear to be full of information for you and all humans to observe and test, don't believe for one second that any intelligence is behind that information. That would be as irrational as the most insane of fairy tales. IF you want to be a part of real science, that is. So, please remain in the world of superstition and hocus pocus, and don't even pretend to know the real facts about the world in which you live. Let the real scientists figure out what this world is all about. Okay?

182 posted on 12/22/2004 6:30:48 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Fester Chugabrew

ID is excluded from science simply because it suggests no lines of research. ID presupposes that certain biological structures could not have evolved. In science this is called a null hypothesis, and the obvious response is to conduct research towards falsifying that hypothesis. (There is no way to prove such a hypothesis except by repeated failure to falsify it.)

This is exactly what mainstream science is doing, working to find naturalistic explanations for so-called irreducible structures. This is what science does. This, apparently, is not what ID does.

Feel free to falsify this post by presenting an overview of the ID research program. What are its goals and accomplishments?


188 posted on 12/22/2004 6:55:05 AM PST by js1138 (D*mn, I Missed!)
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