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Gary
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Message 17 of 151 (319837)
06-10-2006 12:21 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Syamsu
06-02-2006 2:16 PM


You use the term "science" frequently in your opening post. How do you define this word?

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Gary
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Message 19 of 151 (319907)
06-10-2006 8:12 AM
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06-10-2006 5:52 AM


I would define science as the combination of the scientific method itself and the body of knowledge gained through that method. Would you agree with such a definition? The scientific method allows us to test hypotheses in a repeatable way. How has creationist theory been tested scientifically?

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Gary
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Message 24 of 151 (320052)
06-10-2006 5:09 PM
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06-10-2006 1:48 PM


Is it science?
This is why scientists try to control as many parameters as possible. When only one variable remains, an experiment can be performed again and again and the same result will be obtained every time. If different results are obtained, there may be some unseen variable, or in the case of quantum mechanics, the result may be random. If it is random, this can be repeatedly demonstrated as well.
This process of eliminating variables is so important that it is a requirement of the scientific method. Knowledge which is not gained in a manner including this process is not science, though I do not make judgment of its utility or value. It is something else - philosophy, common sense, whatever you want to call it, it is simply not scientific. I see no reason, therefore, to call creationist theory a science.

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