(August 27, 2017 at 11:33 am)Astonished Wrote:(August 27, 2017 at 9:46 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Repeatability is not necessary for scientific evidence -- take paleontology, or astronomy, for instance.
Right. All that's required is that the predictions made about it are consistently accurate. THOSE kind of things are what's repeatable. You don't solve a murder by doing it over again but the evidence should be consistent with pointing to cause and culprit.
I know, just wanted to forestall the evolution-deniers sure to grasp that straw.