Wednesday, August 10, 2005
The problem with intelligent design theory
is not that it is false
but that it is not falsifiable:
not being susceptible to contradicting evidence,
it is not a testable hypothesis.
Hence, it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet-
a matter of faith,
unsuited to a pubic school's curriculum.
-- George F. Will, Newsweek, 4 July 05
is not that it is false
but that it is not falsifiable:
not being susceptible to contradicting evidence,
it is not a testable hypothesis.
Hence, it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet-
a matter of faith,
unsuited to a pubic school's curriculum.
-- George F. Will, Newsweek, 4 July 05
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