tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680321916138509918.post4625485977769394135..comments2023-05-22T04:41:33.563-07:00Comments on Question Evolution!: Why is a fundamentally religious idea, a dogmatic belief system that fails to explain the evidence, taught in science classes?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680321916138509918.post-65375573968834278132012-07-16T17:17:01.474-07:002012-07-16T17:17:01.474-07:00Th author of the blog post has a lot on his plate ...Th author of the blog post has a lot on his plate right now. His schedule should be more free several months from now. In the meantime, your patience is appreciated.15 questions for evolutionistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14858214883301865096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680321916138509918.post-30866616717861158602012-07-16T16:03:25.638-07:002012-07-16T16:03:25.638-07:00Hi
I don't think the Merriam-Webster dictiona...Hi<br /><br />I don't think the Merriam-Webster dictionary is the best source for determining what Popper meant by "metaphysical research programme".<br /><br />Popper held that metaphysical research programmes were a way to produce testable scientific theories. In that way they are a scientific practice, rather like sitting down and having a good old think. Now, "sitting down and having a good old think" cannot be falsified. "Sitting down an having a good old think" is not, though, "unscientific" or "pseudo science" and if we were to get all pretentious in our language and refer to it as "meditation" we wouldn't be advocating Buddhism.<br /><br />Ruse identified two types of "evolutionism". The first, the scientific stuff that happens in universities and should, according to Ruse (and me!) be taught in schools is science. The second is a corrupted "popularisation" or "dumbing down" of evolutionary theory where the protagonists load the theory with more than it can take. It's <i>this</i> that Ruse takes to be quasi-religious, in <i>contrast</i> to the proper, "scientific", application of the theory.<br /><br />Unfortunately CMI are not honest people and misrepresent the words of others to "spin" their propaganda.Tony Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740295390214409286noreply@blogger.com