On the language of science and evolution

[cyberbill]

I see myself as a scientist, or at the least an intellectual. And in that position, I find myself debating non-scientists quite often. Generally, that means debating things like evolution, the big bang, abiogenesis, and global warming. However in my debates, I have found that a lot of the bickering and lack of understanding from the non-

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[dark_angel69]

My dad said something to me that I don't really agree with, but he seems to fully agree with. He's an educated man, a constant reader and a man of science and engineering. He said that the amount of evidence for evolution is decreasing and the amount of evidence for devine intervention is increasing amongst the scientific community. He said that each time they find another ancient skeleton, they end up with more new questions than answered questions. He said that they have found too large of leaps in the evolution (or mutation if I'm correct) to have been able to evolve into the differences between the skeletons they find. He said there is a growing concensous amongst scientists that evolution isn't the answer.

What do you think?

[cyberbill]

I definitely disagree with that. In fact, I would say the exact opposite. It seems like we are constantly finding more and more examples of evolution that fit precisely with the theory

[dark_angel69]

Thanks for the input. I have felt the same way you do for some time now. You make a good point with quantum physics, it certainly opened far more questions than answers and certainly whatever theory we come up with to explain M-Theory will only create yet more questions. Something religious people always have is that no one can ever prove god's existence, even through science. But then again, maybe science can prove god's existance? If god were to exist, I certainly feel it wouldn't come down here and interfere with our evolution.

Thanks for the info on e.Coli, that's pretty cool!

[cyberbill]

I always say that if there is a god, evolution necessarily makes god bigger and more impressive. The idea of a god pulling strings here on Earth never really made sense to me. People are tiny even in comparison to the Earth - let alone the solar system - let alone our galaxy of a couple hundred billion stars and planets - let alone our local cluster of galaxies - let alone the visible Universe which contains a hundred billion galaxies - let alone the Universe that is so far away that the expansion of the Universe makes light too slow to ever reach us. It seems kind of petty and arrogant to think that a god would bother with us.

If there is a god, science will certainly track it down. :)