From Bill Payne
> >
> > For example, is it a fact or an interpretation that the earth orbits
> > the Sun and not vice versa? How do we know without inferring it from
> > other data? [snip]
>
>
> Joel, what you have done here is conflate evolution with heliocentricity
> and atomic structure. There is a major difference between interpretating
> *historical* science and *experimental* science.
Please give specific examples of what the major differences are
between the "experimental" work of Copernicus and the "historical"
work of Darwin. Attaching the words "experimental" and "historical"
does not illuminate you point.
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Washington and Jefferson College |
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