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<blockquote data-quote="humbledbyhim" data-source="post: 32215819" data-attributes="member: 128820"><p>Uniformitarianisn:</p><p> </p><p>"Uniformitarianism is one of the most basic principles of modern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">geology</span></a>, the observation that fundamentally the same geological processes that operate today also operated in the distant past. It exists in contrast with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catastrophism" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">catastrophism</span></a>, which states that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">Earth</span></a> surface features originated suddenly in the past, by geological processes radically different to those currently occurring. Note, however, that many "catastrophic" events are perfectly compatible with uniformitarianism. For example, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lyell" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">Charles Lyell</span></a> thought that ordinary geological processes would cause Niagara Falls to move upstream to Lake Erie within 10000 years, leading to catastrophic flooding of a large part of North America.</p><p>Uniformitarianism is a generalisation of the principle of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actualism" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">actualism</span></a>, which states that present day-processes (astronomical, geological, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">paleontological</span></a>,...) can be used to interpret past patterns. It is also known as "the present is the key to the past". The principle of actualism is the cornerstone of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoecology" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">paleoecology</span></a>."</p><p><span style="color: darkgreen">Show me some observations taken and examined billiions of years ago that verify this. In other words, since no one was there to observe past universal laws, uniformitarianism will continue to be an assumption. Of course the lives and dignity of millions of people rest on this assumption, so I don't suspect any prominent secular authority to seriously challenge it.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="humbledbyhim, post: 32215819, member: 128820"] Uniformitarianisn: "Uniformitarianism is one of the most basic principles of modern [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology"][COLOR=#0000ff]geology[/COLOR][/URL], the observation that fundamentally the same geological processes that operate today also operated in the distant past. It exists in contrast with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catastrophism"][COLOR=#0000ff]catastrophism[/COLOR][/URL], which states that [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth"][COLOR=#0000ff]Earth[/COLOR][/URL] surface features originated suddenly in the past, by geological processes radically different to those currently occurring. Note, however, that many "catastrophic" events are perfectly compatible with uniformitarianism. For example, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lyell"][COLOR=#0000ff]Charles Lyell[/COLOR][/URL] thought that ordinary geological processes would cause Niagara Falls to move upstream to Lake Erie within 10000 years, leading to catastrophic flooding of a large part of North America. Uniformitarianism is a generalisation of the principle of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actualism"][COLOR=#0000ff]actualism[/COLOR][/URL], which states that present day-processes (astronomical, geological, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology"][COLOR=#0000ff]paleontological[/COLOR][/URL],...) can be used to interpret past patterns. It is also known as "the present is the key to the past". The principle of actualism is the cornerstone of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoecology"][COLOR=#0000ff]paleoecology[/COLOR][/URL]." [COLOR=darkgreen]Show me some observations taken and examined billiions of years ago that verify this. In other words, since no one was there to observe past universal laws, uniformitarianism will continue to be an assumption. Of course the lives and dignity of millions of people rest on this assumption, so I don't suspect any prominent secular authority to seriously challenge it.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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