To derive the notion of wetness from an intermolecular forces, say between
H2O molecules, is no easy task. What you expect from a theory is much more
than that and it seems to me that no such theory can give us a mousetrap
from mere intermolecular forces.
Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: George Andrews <gandrews@as.wm.edu>
To: Moorad Alexanian <alexanian@uncwil.edu>
Cc: asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: Reading Behe... Any thoughts?
>Hi Moorad,
>
>I just found these in my drat folder so were never sent. I am sorry.
>
>Moorad Alexanian wrote:
>
>> Let us consider the case of a mouse trap. One can say that the parts are
>> somewhat already there, after all the parts are made of molecules and we
can
>> assume molecules already exist. But the real question is, what law says
that
>> mouse traps exist? That is a basic problem I have with a scientific
>> description of evolution. How do we know what exists ahead of time? How
can
>> such things be predicted by a scientific theory? That is why I have the
gut
>> feeling that evolution is not science.
>>
>> Moorad
>>
>
>I do not see your point. Are we not invited to think that all of the laws
of
>science are the laws you seek? What is it that we need to know in advance?
>Hydrogen molecules exist due to quantum mechanical interaction (law)
thereby
>creating an entity that more complex; mouse traps - of various mutations -
are
>expected in evolution.
>
>George
>