Comment on Hope? Slim to none by Sean Pitman.
@Ken:
There has been a lot of discussion of faith and science as of late. I thought the following link would be useful regarding what constitutes proper scientific method on a non biased basis.
The problem, of course, is that mainstream evolutionary theories regarding the creative power of the Darwinian mechanism (RM/NS) meet the criteria of pseudoscience according to the Wiki article you reference. In fact, no such mindless mechanism has never been directly observed to work beyond very low levels of functional complexity and the notion that any such mechanism could work at such levels given enough time has no support from actual relevant statistical analysis or from anything else beyond wishful thinking, bluster, smoke and mirrors. That’s the very definition of pseudoscience is it not? – something that is not open to at least the potential of testing and falsification? Tell me, how is the assumed creative power of RM/NS testable in a potentially falsifiable manner?
Beyond this, your strong belief that scientific methodologies are immune from personal and/or collective bias is one of your big blind spots in understanding the true nature of science. As already explained, Thomas Kuhn has presented some important insights in this regard noting that pure non-biased objectivity is impossible even in the best of scientific investigations…
Sean Pitman
www.DetectingDesign.com
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Finally, there are no historical Jewish or Babylonian records that confirm that these cultures explicitly defined the seven-day week as a quarter of a lunation.
Isn’t that obvious? Wouldn’t a “seven-day week” be defined by the demarcation of seven actual days? – i.e., based on the rotation of the Earth around its own axis?… or, as the Bible describes it, “evenings and mornings”?
Sean Pitman
www.DetectingDesign.com
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