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Article #1262Re: Scientism? - Creationism v. Evolution
From: David Jensen
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:16
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:16
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In alt.talk.creationism, "Don H" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> wrote in <kDUjc.2869$TT.1677@news-server.bigpond.net.au>: >Science has a formal structure of precedence in its range of - hypothesis, >theory, law - and for any "hypothesis" to acquire the status of "theory" it >must have much supporting evidence. Close. >To become a "law" (in the scientific >sense) it must have even more, and be capable of proof in a laboratory or >field test. Nope. Laws in science are descriptions of relationships. Some turned out to be in error. ...
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