Theory of Evolution is about to change a bit

[Angrboda]

"What a bunch of Hooey."

"It was not until some weeks later that I realized there is no need to restrict oneself to 2 by 2 matrices. One could go on to 4 by 4 matrices, and the problem is then easily soluable. In retrospect, it seems strange that one can be so much held up over such an elementary point. The resulting wave equation for the electron turned out to be very successful. It led to correct values for the spin and the magnetic moment. This was quite unexpected. The work all followed from a study of pretty mathematics, without any thought being given to these physical properties of the electron."

P.A.M. Dirac


Science doesn't so much follow the metaphysics as it follows the mathematics. The last century of science has repeatedly shown that metaphysics is a poor guide to reality. The metaphysics of quantum theory is secondary to the mathematics, and the current incarnation of T.O.E.'s is almost wholly driven by the mathematics. The idea that metaphysics is the point guard for science is ridiculous. This also explains your mystery about Einstein and black holes: the mathematics of Einstein's model predicted them. He didn't just pull it out of his ass. (And a quick check of Wikipedia indicates it wasn't even his ass — Karl Schwarzschild derived a solution to Einstein's equations for a point mass which was refined over time by several physicists until it was recognized for what it was; again, the mathematics drove the discovery. Metaphysics played almost no role whatsoever.) And if there hadn't been an Einstein, somebody else would have discovered relativity, because the conflict between Maxwell's equations and the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment were lying there on the surface, just waiting for someone to reconcile them.

And we've already noticed your inability to distinguish between theory (evolution) and the data that supports it (physical and biological specimens). I'm guessing you're more open to divergent ideas because you lack the discrimination to separate the wheat from the chaff.


"We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys me."

Jack Handey