RE: Is Evolution a science or a faith?
July 28, 2014 at 4:44 am
(This post was last modified: July 28, 2014 at 5:14 am by pocaracas.)
(July 28, 2014 at 2:40 am)Harris Wrote:Cheers!(July 27, 2014 at 10:18 am)pocaracas Wrote: He is your brother in FAITH
Thanks for the complement.
(July 28, 2014 at 2:40 am)Harris Wrote:(July 27, 2014 at 10:18 am)pocaracas Wrote: What does he know of biology and science?
Oh, very little!!
Your insistence on this author is then the fallacy called "Argument from (or appeal to) authority".
You do not need to be a scientist like Stephen Hawking to assess the following quote to be true of false.
“Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.”
Page 227
The Grand Design
By Stephen W. Hawking
Well, actually, the Law of Gravity, as understood by Hawking is not what you think it is.
Just for a moment, consider all known forces are unified (which is under scrutiny with the discovery of the Higgs Boson, see:Grand Unified Theory). Under this view, gravity is no different from electromagnetism, which is no different from the weak nuclear force, nor different from the strong nuclear force.
So, down deep, the forces and fields which have been shown to bring forth particles from "empty space" are the same forces that govern chemistry, which are the same forces that govern biology.... and are also the same forces that govern what we usually call "gravity", attraction of two masses.
So, given this piece of information, is that quote by Hawking true or false?