(December 15, 2010 at 8:43 pm)Chuck Wrote:(December 15, 2010 at 8:19 pm)orogenicman Wrote: Statler, I have a question for you. Surely you understand that one of the tests of any scientific theory is that it can be falsified. I can think of a number of scenarios that could falsify evolution (i.e., a cat giving birth to a dog). So my question to you, since you believe that creationism is a scientific theory, what, in your view, would falsify creationism?
Not only is falsifiability a criteria for scientific theory, it is a criteria for judging whether a proposition is given in good faith during a discussion.
That is true, and is yet another reason why it is important that he answer this question.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
