Yay for Kansas!

[Lady's Human]

ES:


The earth is flat- this can be proven false on paper and in practice.

Gold from lead- Can be done in theory, but would require far too much in the line of resources to make it practical. Can be proven on paper, and the transmutation of elements has been done in physics labs. Most of the super heavy elements in the atomic table are the results of lab experiments.

The superiority of one "race" over another can be proven false with statistics, and every population follows the bell curve in some form.

Evolution, however, cannot be proven. Darwin's work showed the possibility of micro evolution (evolution within a species charted through the similarities and differences in bird populations) as opposed to macro evolution (one species evolving into something else completely). We have observed micro evolution (the coloration of sooty moths in europe) but have not observed macro evolution. Without proof it remains a hypothesis, and hence belongs in a class on western philosophy, not science.

[Maresche]

Without proof it remains a hypothesis, and hence belongs in a class on western philosophy, not science.

As long as intelligent design is there too (instead of the science lab), I'd be willing to call that a compromise.

[JenBKR]

As long as intelligent design is there too (instead of the science lab), I'd be willing to call that a compromise.

I like that idea!

[Lady's Human]

Maresche,

That's exactly what I meant, sry.

[Edwina's Secretary]

And where is the evidence for Intelligent Design? I asked a guy once what you do about fossils, etc if you don't believe in evolution. He replied those were placed by the devil to entice us to not believe.

But it is not a religious thing. Yeah, right.

[JenBKR]

Fossils don't always necessarily prove or disprove evolution - and just because one person connected the devil with fossils does NOT make that any kind of belief. I am a believer in intelligent design, but that doesn't mean that I believe that fossils are not real. Actually, a more popular belief is that fossils are simply interpreted incorrectly.

No one said that intelligent design is not a religious idea, just that it is not a purely Christian idea.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

And where is the evidence for Intelligent Design?

Well, when I look at the billions of stars all in the sky, keeping their own orbits and not a sky full of mass chaos, I can't believe it just "happened by chance". Or that they evolved into perfect order. Or why is the earth tilted just enough to keep us from burning up one way and from freezing to death if tilted the other? Didn't "happen by chance" either. If both these happened by chance, I should have won the lottery long ago!

Fossils are in Kansas too. I see them all the time. They don't prove evolution. Just that there were once animals and plants that used to be here but died for some reason.

[smokey the elder]

The problem with verifying macro-evolution is one of time scale. Human beings do not live long enough to directly observe it. Humanity has not existed long enough to historically observe it.

Micro-evolution clearly DOES exist. Drug resistant bacteria and viruses DO exist, and were selected for by hardy individuals surviving penicillin or AZT or what have you. A bacterium's "generation" is 20 minutes. A cat, in best case, is one year. This is a factor of 26800 difference. Humans would have to have a historically continuous record of 26800 years to observe an "evolutionary" change in a cat. and that is if it occured in ONE generation. Say it take 100 generations; 2.7 MILLION years.

I rest my case.

[Randi]

Just an interesting link:

Evolution is a Fact and a Theory

[JenBKR]

IMO it would be best if evolution was not taught at all...at least not in a science class.