>Bill:
> > In the bad old days, stating "Boyle's Law"
>>was equivalent to stating "A Godly relationship in the physical universe
>>discovered by Boyle." It is important to note that "quantum mechanics" is
>>not called "quantum laws." Scientists are no longer out to discover God's
>>secret laws but to determine physical relationships.
>
>>It sounds classier to refer to "Boyle's Law" than to Boyle's Best Guess"
>>but the phrases are equivalent. Nobel Prizes are won by upsetting
>>someone's previous best guess, not by overturning God's Law.
>
Bertvan:
>If we were allowed to call "random mutation and natural selection as an
>explanation of macro evolution" "Darwinin's Best Guess" instead of
>"scientific fact" the controversy might disappear. Do you think the ACLU
>would be agreeable?
I'd like to think you're kidding, but I figure you're probably not. The
ACLU couldn't possibly care less. They defend the constitution, not
scientific theories. Whenever ID comes before a judge it is ruled to be a
feature of the Christian religion and not science. ID and creationism are a
sorry attempt to use public funds to indoctrinate children in Christian
dogma. The ACLU (and I) *do* care about that. You should too. "Evolution is
a religion" doesn't fly.
Susan
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For if there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing
of life as in hoping for another and in eluding the implacable grandeur of
this one.
--Albert Camus
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