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[Phys-L] Re: ID defenders



I agree with the main point of R. McDermott's posts (that the science
education community could be doing a better job of presenting what
science does and doesn't do). However, I don't follow the assertion
that macroevolution and the big bang are untestable.

For example, we have extrapolated from observations that
there was a "Big Bang". However likely that
extrapolation is to be true, I can't for the life of me
see how that can be tested!?

If the big bang was true, certain things should be observable in the
current universe and other things should not. If evolution was true,
certain things should be observable in the current universe and other
things should not. Are you saying that this does not count as testable?
Or, are you saying that the big bang and evolution make no predictions
about what should be observable in the current universe?

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Robert Cohen; 570-422-3428; www.esu.edu/~bbq
East Stroudsburg University; E. Stroudsburg, PA 18301