my positions:
- science doesn't care about religion
- there are people who believe in scientific theories as if they were proven
- these people are wrong, scientific throies can't be proven, but are useful to believe in.
- scientific theories are only as good as thier ability to predict (and in direct proportion to simplicity)
- I am inclined to think evolution does a good job of explaining things, but I don't have any kind of sufficient evidence to stand firmly.
- Short term evolution can be 'proven' with empirical evidence using bacteria and other short-life-span organisms.
by "short term evolution" I mean the evolution of bacteria or small organisms that have a short enough reproductive cycle to be observed in a lab
My question though:
What does long-term evolution help scientists predict?
2006-12-14
11:44:50
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armorsmith42
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