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Thread #83492   Message #1535699
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
05-Aug-05 - 12:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Intelpidity Design
Subject: RE: BS: Intelpidity Design
Donuel said, in part:

however the numerous "hindsight" experiments including the evolution of moths in the UK throughout the industrial age to the present demonstrates an attempt of experimentaion.

and also:

Exactly what kind of experiment, hindsight or otherwise, can one conduct to prove intelligent design?

Both of these statements display a misunderstanding of what the word "experiment" means. You are talking about retrospective studies, which are fine as far as they go, but not experiments.

Of course I agree that if the second statement is modified to say:

Exactly what kind of study or experiment can one conduct to prove intelligent design?

The answer is "none".

And I certainly agree that "intelligent design" is "intelligently designed" to be unprovable. That's why I used the word "obscurantism" in one of my earlier posts.

Dave Oesterreich