Krimel said to Willblake2: This seems a fairly shallow view of evolution especially for someone with a Ph.D in biology. Evolution is, at least in my view, one of the most beautiful ideas ever conceived in the mind of man. It is a thread that runs through all of the disciplines of science. It has had profound impact on history, philosophy and art. Of course it is not all about struggle and those who have used it to justify manifest destiny and social Darwinism have long ago been discredited.
dmb says: Yea, I'm with Krimel on this one. It's a bit strange to hear a man with a Ph.D. in biology talk about one of the most firmly established scientific theories, one that is the central organizing principle in all the biological sciences, as if it were just a good guess. In the vernacular language, a theory is just something like a hunch. But in science a theory is as good as it ever gets. A theory is the hypothesis that has proven itself. It successfully organizes all the known data into a coherent picture and becomes the basis of all further investigations. A theory is our best provisional truth. I mean, yes, its open to change in the sense that new data could come in that weakens it or even destroys it entirely for the sake of a better theory but as far as scientific truth goes, a working theory is the best we can do. At this point, a century and a half after its introduction, the theory of evolution is stronger and more certain than ever. There have been changes, additions and refinements since but the original theory stands. That's one of the reason it just kills me when the creationists say it's "just a theory". That kind of comment only shows that they don't really understand what a theory is or how important they are. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
