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originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: Annee
The difference is why I find Monroe more compelling.
I am open to the possibility of the Terra Papers but it is just more of a stretch than what Monroe put out. The warring factions in the Terra Papers just seems like a human storyteller's trope. It is almost like the whole good vs evil of just about every religion.
Monroe lays earth out more like an amusement park, where you visit, avatar style, and some are so hooked by it that they don't want to leave and keep trying out different characters.
That would certainly imply a creator or even a team or teams of creators and operators that are not God, with a capital G.
originally posted by: Annee
I see more politics than a story of good vs evil.
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: visitedbythem
Not now, but when he was rubbing elbows and briefing the vice president he was part of that crowd.
The god bless you part is about politicians at least acting like they believe in god, maybe some do, but what does playing the role of the "science" guy in those circles, like your dad or fauci have to do with the existence of god?
originally posted by: Annee
I think that’s getting into “own thread” territory.
originally posted by: whereislogic
"When a person uses a number of established facts to draw a general conclusion, he uses inductive reasoning. THIS IS THE KIND OF LOGIC NORMALLY USED IN THE SCIENCES. ..."
originally posted by: Muldar
[snipped]
It's much more likely God exists rather than the above is true. And even more likely that CIA knows God exist/doesn't exist and have evidence for it.
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Is Evolution a Scientific Theory?
What qualifies a theory as a scientific theory? According to the Encyclopedia of Scientific Principles, Laws, and Theories, a scientific theory, such as Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, must
1. Be observable
2. Be reproducible by controlled experiments
3. Make accurate predictions
In that light, where does evolution stand? * Its operation cannot be observed. It cannot be reproduced. And it cannot make accurate predictions. Can evolution even be considered a scientific hypothesis? The same encyclopedia defines a hypothesis as “a more tentative observation of facts [than a theory],” yet lends itself “to deductions that can be experimentally tested.”
*: By “evolution,” we mean “macroevolution”—apes turning into humans, for example. “Microevolution” refers to small changes within a species, perhaps through selective breeding.