Posted by Walker on April 25, 1998 at 23:09:24:
In Reply to: verifiablility posted by Barbara on April 25, 1998 at 11:44:36:
: I find it interesting that you don't require or
: look for evidence or proof of things you
: consider "supernatural", but you need a "repeatable,
: verifiable experiment" in order to accept that
: humans are related to chimps. Hmmmmm. . . . .
I don't know what you're getting at. If someone want to convince me of something, I want evidence and proof.
In my way of thinking (which could certainly be flawed) evolution has the evidence but not the proof.
Scientific proof requires a repeatable, verifiable, universal, predictable experiment. Newton's laws have
this, evolution doesn't. Supernatural things like ESP don't even have evidence to back them.
We probably do share a common ancestor with chimps. Can you provide an experiment to demonstrate it? I know I'm
asking for a lot. But I would really like to end the creationist/evolution debate. Such an experiment
would go a long way toward accomplishing my goal.
--Alan