Re: Perhaps Intelligent Design "is" science



>I can think of several scientific theories that pre-dated direct
>evidence (like the postulation of the neutrino or asteroid-extinction
>of dinosaurs). Once postulated, people went out to look for evidence
>and found it.

>What I'm saying is it seems I.D. could be considered science. Just
>because looking for the evidence is "extremely difficult" shouldn't
>exclude it from being called science.

I suspect that for every unscientific, crackpot idea that eventually
becomes verified, there are ten unscientific, crackpot ideas that are
not.

It's important to remember that it's the EVIDENCE that makes the
science, and without such it's perfectly reasonable to reject an idea
lacking that.

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