Re: Evolution of proteins in sequence space

From: Keith B Miller (kbmill@ksu.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2001 - 10:31:23 EDT

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    Dave began his comments with the statement:

    >Your points are well taken if the result has to be a scientific theory.

    This is precisely my point. Many progressive creationist scenarios have no
    way of being tested scientifically. As Howard points out, the number of
    scenarios that can be posited are unlimited. Such a position could be held
    regardless of the detail of our scientific knowledge. As such, support for
    such a position must be argued on other grounds. That is why many of us on
    this list have stressed that theological issues must be faced squarely and
    directly.

    If someone is to claim that science provides a warrant for their
    interventionist view then they must provide a rigorous justification for
    such intervention including specifying precisely at which point such
    intervention is believed to have occurred.

    Keith

    Keith B. Miller
    Department of Geology
    Kansas State University
    Manhattan, KS 66506
    kbmill@ksu.edu
    http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/



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