[Phys-L] Re: ID defenders

[jlu at HEP.ANL.GOV (Jack Uretsky)]

Hi all-
        One of the crucial predictions of th "big bang" model is the
Deuterium content of the universe.  This can be estimated with high
precision from stellar spectra.  The results were, for many years, at odds
with the model and were a source of concern to cosmologists.  I believe
that the most recent measurements are somewhat more comforting.
        This is part of the never-ending process of model testing that
characterizes science, but not religion.
                                        Regards,
                                                Jack


On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Robert Cohen wrote:

> 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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