Platt:
experiments are reproducible, not theories. Scientific theories are never
considered "true" or "objective", either. Theories are just provisionally
*confirmed* (until they are eventually confuted) by the fact that they are *in
accordance* with the (objective, reproducible) results of experiments. (And of
course, experiments include such things like finding fossil bones, which too are
objective - any observer can see them).
Platt Holden wrote:
> > I still maintain that "objectivity" in science is not philosophical, but
> > empirical - you "prove" a result to be objective by proving it to be
> > reproducible (for different observers).
>
> No need to remind you but I will anyway that Darwin's theory is not
> reproducible and thus not provable by science's own standard of proof.
>
>
> > Squonk, I agree with your take on the creationism issue, and believe the
> > theory of evolution is grossly misrepresented by its opponents. My own
> > position is that evolution is a direct CONSEQUENCE of everything we "know"
> > about the natural sciences; thus you cannot deny evolution without chucking
> > out large chunks of physics and chemistry.
>
> It's what science doesn't know (like the origin of values, for example)
> that keeps the evolutionary debate going.
>
> Incidentally, how would you characterize Pirsig's theory of evolution as
> described in LILA? Would you say it's on a par with the bible-thumpers?
>
> Platt
>
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