[Phys-L] Re: [SPAM-4.611] Re: THE WEDGE STRATEGY of The ID Movement

[rtarara at SAINTMARYS.EDU (Rick Tarara)]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Wayburn" <twayburn@WT.NET>

> On the other hand, you have to have faith in science.  You must have
> unshakeable faith that the laws of physics will not change appreciably
> between Akron and Toledo nor between Tuesday and Thursday - moreover that
> they remain the same regardless of who is testing them.

I would say that we have a great deal of confidence that the laws of physics
will not change BASED on repeated experimentation and the physical evidence.
I cannot, however, be 100% certain that all that won't change tomorrow, but
based on the 'scientific' evidence, I am planning my tomorrow based on the
current laws.

I would say that the role of 'faith in physics' is more metaphysical in
nature.  The assumption that what I am experiencing is 'real' and not a
mental fantasy (ala Matrix) and that the measurements I make are 'real'
within the structure of the universe that I am measuring.  Without that
level of 'faith' then I doubt that any science, or much else of anything,
can be done.

Rick