tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772414331480635861.post373631412441743929..comments2024-03-18T18:19:19.002-07:00Comments on bylogos: Is Evolution Unfalsified?john bylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05766117392831032432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772414331480635861.post-2488740528419594052015-09-09T11:14:24.165-07:002015-09-09T11:14:24.165-07:00Dr. Byl:
Carrying on the quote from Mayr, he adds...Dr. Byl:<br /><br />Carrying on the quote from Mayr, he adds:<br /><br />Observation, comparison and classification, as well as the testing of competing historical narratives, became the methods of evolutionary biology, outweighing experimentation.<br /><br />"Outweighing experimentation"? Isn't that the same as saying, "beyond the reach of falsification"? At the very least it means thata<br />"Observation, comparison and classification, as well as the testing of competing historical narratives" trump experimentation. <br /><br />It is interesting that evolution hasn't really explained anything, unless it is first imposed upon the observation or narrative, and everything is first fit into the scenario, always selectively; and that evolutionary biology, if not all the sciences, have moved themselves into the non-objective sphere: and yet its methodology<br />trumps experimentation. <br /><br />Maybe Jelsma is right: I'm of that sect of society that is basically ignorant of science, and that's why I prefer the Bible's narrative, simplistic as that might be. But then, science is no more that discipline that I learned the basics of in high school, where the first number of months concentrated on what objectivity was and was not. <br /><br />Those lessons were already familiar to me because I had already had a couple of years of catechism training, including learning what Sola Scriptura meant: only God's truths, without man imposing his limitations upon it. Objectivity in science is much the same: only the facts, without man imposing his ideas and theories upon them.<br /><br />Again, it is interesting that those who have advocated this departure from science's moorings also advocate a departure from theology's moorings. <br /><br />Just some thoughts on Mayr's observations.<br /><br />JohnVJohnVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00330406643601471203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772414331480635861.post-598319044009568122015-09-04T14:15:47.611-07:002015-09-04T14:15:47.611-07:00Superb. You hit several important nails on the he...Superb. You hit several important nails on the head in one place. And you do it using great and up-to-date references. It only lacks a bit of Polanyi :-) Thank you.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928079856335989347noreply@blogger.com