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Thread #151677   Message #3546513
Posted By: TheSnail
07-Aug-13 - 08:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Reinforcing respectful 'boundaries'
Subject: RE: BS: Reinforcing respectful 'boundaries'
Steve Shaw

If I'm wrong I'm wrong. That was a brain fart. But, I mean, what made me think you'd pounce on it? Do try to move on.

Good Grief! I give you credit for acknowledging you own mistake and you complain. There's no satisfying some people.

As for falsifiability, very interesting. Not relevant to this chit-chat, but do continue.

As I said, take it up with Professor Coyne but in every court case I have looked at where they have tried to keep creationism and intelligent design out of US schools, the fact that intelligent design was not subject to falsification has been a significant part of the evidence given by the scientific expert witnesses.

By constantly raising heady philosophical points in front of creationist idiots you're simply encouraging them. They'll end up thinking they're on your level.

So you want me to come down to their level and throw away the core of what makes science different?

I much prefer to tell 'em what I really think. And I think you think the same as me really, don't you? :-)

As far as I can make out, you think that the sheer weight of evidence makes Evolution and Darwin's Theory of Evolution TRUE. According to this article -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design, intelligent design is presented by its advocates as "an evidence-based scientific theory about life's origins". Spot the difference. If the best you can do is bang your little fist on the table and scream "Evolution is true. Evolution is true. It's true. It's true. It's true." I don't think you're going to achieve very much.

No Steve, I don't think the same as you.