Hi Lawry, Rog:
But Lawry, are you asserting that people who work on evolution think
there IS something divine or DQ "behind the puzzle?" If so, that's news
to me. On the contrary, most loudly and persistently claim there's
nothing "behind" the puzzle, especially anything remotely resembling
the supernatural. They also claim that Darwinian evolution explains
"everything" about biological change, and some are now even claiming it
also explains everything about social change. Look at the buzz about
memes, even though no one has ever seen one under a microscope or
in a brain scan, or ever will. Finally, if you read the SA article Rog
referred us to, one of the "proofs" cited is that "serious scientific
publications disputing evolution are all but nonexistent." This is prima
facie evidence that science automatically censors anyone who
questions the reigning doctrine. I call it the "no infidels allowed effect."
Further, it's an example of Rog's "unsupported leap of logic" because it
invokes the Argumentum ad Populum fallacy, i.e., just because
everybody-in-the-know says so doesn't make it so. I didn't mean to
imply that science is narrowminded about everything. I agree that
science is open minded about almost everything EXCEPT theological--
or MOQ--explanations.
Platt
> But Platt, that is NOT how people who work on evolution think: they see
> what they do as first seeking pieces of the evolutionary puzzle - the
> history of how species emerged and developed over time - and then trying to
> see how they fit, in order to discern the patterns that lie behind the
> observable evidence. None of them that I know claim, 1) that they have all
> the pieces, 2) that they know the full extent of the puzzle, 3) that the
> puzzle 'explains' everything', or 4) that nothing lies behind the puzzle.
> You may be interested in a fascinating little book: THE MAP THAT CHANGED
> THE WORLD, by Simon Winchester. And then there is Stephen Gould's wonderful
> and readable tome, THE STRUCTURE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY, for those who do
> really want to understand how evolutionary theory emerged and how, as
> theory, it works.
>
> Best regards,
> Lawry
> -----------------
> PLATT:
> One thing you can say about Darwinian evolution: most
> scientists (not all) are sure there's nothing divine--or DQ--about it. In
> fact, they define themselves by their certainty. You see how this works--
> limit the universe to what you think you can explain, then claim that's the
> universe. With such narrow mindedness in charge, no wonder society is in
> trouble.
>
> Platt
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