How come Drake equation is science and Intelligent Design is not, when both are not falsifiable ?

Question

I don't want people to assume that I support ID. In fact I agree with not falsifiable premise.
But what invokes my curiosity is that ID can't be taught as science in schools because it is not falsifiable but I am wondering how come Drake Equation is accepted by Scientific Community.

Answer 1

None of evolution is falsifiable. Do you really expect the so-called scientists to play by their own rules?

Answer 2

Something has to be more than "non-falsifiable" to be considered scientifically valid. Scientific statements have to be based on observation and must be tested using repeatable, measurable experimentation. The Drake equation is more of a thought exercise than a theory, but its conjecture could be measured even though we lack the technology to do so now. It may take many millennia before that conjecture can be proved.

Intelligent design relies on a statement of fact at its core which is (partly) what makes it non-scientific in its nature. There are no facts in science- only conjecture which is either found to be an accurate model of the world or not through observation. Intelligent design is more of a philosophical precept- it deals with the reason behind existence rather than the mechanics.

Answer 3

The Drake Equation doesn't constitute a theory - it's just a methodology for estimating the probability of finding intelligent life. The science and math behind it are simple and straightforward, though the scientists who use it will freely admit that most of the numbers plugged into it are mere guesses.

Intelligent Design, on the other hand, is religion masquerading as science. It's fundamentally unsound scientifically because it depends on being able to prove a negative: that there is no natural explanation for certain phenomena.

Answer 4

A theory isn't inevitably falsifiable. inspite of the undeniable fact that, the info that help a theory could be. Evolution itself can not be examined , yet there are helping info; the fossil checklist, carbon dating and so on. those scientifically examined info have allowed scientists to enhance a theory. a similar is going for identification. It can not be promptly examined, yet there are helping info; the super bang, DNA,consciousnesss and so on. Evolution is an old container with many subscribing scientists and few crack-pots. identification is new with particularly few subscribing scientist and various crack-pots. inspite of the undeniable fact that, this does not logically or scientifically avert identification from being technology.

Answer 5

Drake's equation CAN be tested. It will just take an extremely long time to do it.

The same is true, I might add, of evolution. Although no one person will ever witness the evolution of a new species with his own eyes, it's not hard to imagine that we will eventually set foot on a planet with a much better fossil record than ours, or perhaps, through several million years of accumulated medical data, we will observe our own evolution, or lack thereof. No such possibility exists for intelligent design.

Answer 6

It amazes me that a concept as simple as intelligent design can be so widely misunderstood. Everyone uses it thousands of times a day in everyday life. When you look at your car or your television, do you automatically assume that it just happened to create itself? Or do you at least consider the possibility that it was designed? If you treat your can opener with that much respect, why not a person? Man has never ever made anything that can do what every single person does. We develop from one molecule of DNA that uniquely determines our physical properties and also contains the complete specifications for its growth and development. It repairs itself and reproduces itself.

Intellectual honesty doesn't require that you agree with ID. But it does require that you don't reject it without good reason.

Answer 7

The Drake equation is a combination of factors, some of which are scientific measurements, and some of which are wild-@ss guesses. Nobody claimed that it gives an exact measurement of the number of times intelligence has evolved. It's just a back-of-the-envelope estimating tool, mostly used to justify why it might be worthwhile to listen for radio signals from extra-terrestrial intelligence.

ID is just garbage no matter how you look at it.

Answer 8

The Drake equation is nothing more than a conjecture based on many quantities that are guessed at.

ID is actually a scientific cop-out. When we can't explain it, we chalk it up to God. The ancients did this when they couldn't figure out what held up the sun and moon.

Personally, it insults MY God when the ID people think He has to meddle in His creation to affect the physical world's outcomes.

Answer 9

The Drake equation is based on s few mathematical assumptions with no intervention by some "supreme being". ID requires an intelligence which decides to create things out of nothing for his/her amusement..

Answer 10

huh?