I see two dynamics at work:
1) The theory is a useful working hypothesis
and
2) The theory is a law of nature itself.
Number 1) is generally sound and probably could not be argued against very effectively.
However, it is number 2) that concerns me.
One Dr. Marsh stated: "I need offer no argument for evolution, since to doubt evolution is to doubt science, and science is only another name for truth." (in Dewar, "Difficulties of the Evolution Theory.)
Granted, this statement was made in the 1880s. However, it doesn not sound out of place today.
If scientists regard evolution as not only a useful working hypothesis, but a LAW OF NATURE itself, doesn't evolutionary theory then enter the realms of metaphysics, mythology, and philosophy (all valid areas of study, but non-testable)?
Love Jack
2007-11-22
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