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Recent content by Lee Bowman

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    Altenberg 16?

    Oh? A working scientist embraces astrology as science? :P Referring to the talkorigins Day 11 PM session transcript, lets take a portion of a sentence Behe utters in his next paragraph, Google: "a sense of the word "theory" does not include the theory being true" [152 hits]. Add the word...
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    Altenberg 16?

    :P I could give detailed answers as to why I and others have concluded that, but I'll give a brief summation, my prior comments in italics, yours in bold italics. Miller gave arguments as to why the clotting system and the flagellum were not IC (irreducibly complex), but rather evolveable...
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    Altenberg 16?

    They haven't released an official position yet, or a revised TEO proposal. Keep in mind the political pressure that these scientists are under, and what they will likely face if they dissent to a degree deemed unacceptable by their peers and regulatory organizations (AAAS, NAS, NIH), or by...
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    Altenberg 16?

    The second part of the Dover Kitzmiller decision sided with the Plaintiff's position that ID is 'Creationism in a cheap tuxedo', basing it on several of NCSE shills' testimony, by some unfounded IC (irreducible complexity) refutations by Kenneth Miller, and by drivel by Robert Pennock, John...
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    Altenberg 16?

    That's why I termed it 'tentative'. The question of theodicy has irked theologians from the beginning of recorded history to present day. I don't claim to have the answer, but my guess is that it is intentional, and more the result of imbued free will than of 'original sin'.
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    Altenberg 16?

    My point about bacteria was somewhat tongue-in-cheek. In the previous comment, I had mentioned their virulence and that drug-resistance was becoming endemic and killing off the population. So here, I conjectured that bacterium might win out in the end, returning us to a monocellular realm...
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    Altenberg 16?

    I am a Christian (by choice), but do not accept much of the Old Testament as error free. It is seen via the 'man filter', however divinely inspired. A lack of scientific understanding, agenda (certain authors may have had one), testimony via oral tradition, and the numerous problems with...
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    Altenberg 16?

    But if not falsifiable, not science. I regard multiverse or parallel universe theories, in particular those with the 'infinite' qualifier, to not only be not observable, empirically testable or falsifiable, but not in any way valid science. I never stated that ID was about detecting, analyzing...
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    Altenberg 16?

    I'm certain that as a geneticist, you've are better informed regarding the mechanism(s) of bacterial drug resistance. I had stated at the Spectator blog: Although I still feel that adaptive genetic variants may be resident to a degree for some traits (pigmentation, hair and fur...
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    Altenberg 16?

    I'm not a poet, but at least I know it. ;~)
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    Altenberg 16?

    @ keith99 Then technically, any theory could be falsified by the observation of an inconsistency. In some ways, the falsification requirement proposed by Popper does not apply well to certain theories, particularly those of forensic and historical perusals. I can think of two ...
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    Altenberg 16?

    @ sfs Google "lee bowman" and "melanie is correct" to see some of my views on a 'creation' scenario.
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    Altenberg 16?

    @ split rock I would venture being granted the noble 'Nobel' as well. Hey, that rhymes! Or onomatopoeia, at least ... What job? ... Close, but no cigar. Read my next comment. ;~)
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    Altenberg 16?

    Some theories or hypotheses can be falsified, some cannot. And Karl Popper admitted as much. From the 'falsifiability' treatise on Wikipedia, The popular example is the 'black swan' example. The statement that "All swans are white" is falsified by finding a black one. But theories like...
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    Altenberg 16?

    The 'fact' of evolution requires it to be random (except for the selection function), and unguided. So in that regard, I deem it not a fact per se. That evolution has occurred is a fact, but the premise of purely natural processes is not. Natural selection is demonstrable, but not for...