--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/29/05 8:05 PM, "bbrigante" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yeah, I'm reading the front page of the Thurs > > Sept. 29th Wall > > Street > > > > > Journal, which sez that ID is just a synonym > > for creationism... > > > > > > > > ...and which is also a synonym for Hindu > > fundamentalists who claim > > > > that Rig Veda is the foundation of creation and > > quantum > > > > reality...same thing, different culture... > > > > > > Exactly. And IMO the whole tsimus arises from one > > > unchallenged linear assumption -- that there WAS > > > a first Creation. If you don't assume that, it > > > becomes a much more interesting ballgame.>> > > > > > > Yes, but if you bring THAT idea into the discussion, > > believe me, you > > will be blasted by the anti-ID scientists more than > > they do to the > > fundamentalit creationists. They will treat you like > > the plague, > > because this idea has no merits whatsoever in > > current classically > > prejudiced scientific thinking about the quantum > > universe. > > > > OffWorld > > Off, the main reason ID is not taken seriously by > science is that it introduces a metaphysical concept > (ie, a creator) that is not open to scientific > inquiry. If you can not measure/quantify a central > concept of a hypothesis, it's not science. >
Nyah, there's plenty of non-measureables in Science. What makes ID non-scientific is that there are NO falsifiable predictions. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
