>I'll toss in one more item into this (quite good) discussion on >scientific theory versus a laymans notion of a theory and that is >this: > >A scientific theory not only has explanatory value (it tries to >explain observed phenomena) it also should have predictive value, ie, >it should be able to make verifiable statements about phenomena not >yet observed that can then be tested in future >experiments/observations. > >Cheers, >Judah
Lets not forget the other requirements of a good theory. It has to offer a better explanation of the data. In other words the explanatory model that the theory offers provides a better fit to the data. That is where the so called competing models fail in comparison to evolution, neither ID or creationism can explain the existant data better than the current theory of evolution. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342552 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
