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Subject: That's simply science

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Damoclese

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Date Posted: 07/16/04 8:31am
In reply to: Wade A. Tisthammer 's message, "Okay." on 07/15/04 10:11pm

> Again, if this was really a hard science, I think
>these kinds of mistakes wouldn't have persisted this
>long.

That doesn't really follow. Hard sciences are riddled with mistakes in thinking that persisted for centuries. Would you say that physics is not a hard science?

A mixed skullcap and jawbone of a human and an
>ape for over forty years? You have to admit that's
>not a good sign. Now maybe the current collection of
>bones (which is not very much) is different, but given
>the track record I have yet to be convinced. I think
>it's only a matter of time before the current accepted
>versions are abandoned.

Science is a field that changes and aspires to higher, better explanations of what the data indicate. What you have said here is that you don't like the fact (more or less) that science does change its explanations when it finds something better.

Creationism on the other hand, is static. It doesn't change despite any evidence to the contrary. It never grows. It never further contributes to understanding why things are as they are.

No one would say that evolution is a perfect theory. It is certain that it happened, however. That's beyond rational debate.

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Subject	Author	Date
You old softy.	Wade A. Tisthammer	08/12/04 5:43pm
Harding Place -- Damoclese, 08/15/04 11:56am A rock...quite a bit more stable than hominid fossils -- Wade A. Tisthamjmer, 09/13/04 12:09am