--- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > Off, the main reason ID is not taken seriously by > > science is that it introduces a metaphysical > concept > > (ie, a creator) that is not open to scientific > > inquiry. If you can not measure/quantify a central > > concept of a hypothesis, it's not science. > > Exactly. To my mind, the most dangerous aspect of > the push to teach ID as an "alternative theory" to > evolution is that it blurs the distinction between > science and metaphysics generally. That blurring-- > a lack of understanding of the requirements of > scientific standards--can make all kinds of > pseudoscience seem more scientifically valid > (including a lot of what emanates from the TMO). Every semester in my classes (general psychology, human development, child development) I teach to community college students I go over this. I explain that science is a methodolgy of inquiry that requires all concepts of a hypothesis to be quantifiable. If you can't quantify it, it is not open to the scientific method. But I also stress that human experiencing is much larger than the domain defined by science. > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make > Yahoo! your home page > http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
