Miscellaneous

From: Bertvan@aol.com
Date: Thu May 18 2000 - 13:48:40 EDT

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    Bill:
    > In the bad old days, stating "Boyle's Law"
    >was equivalent to stating "A Godly relationship in the physical universe
    >discovered by Boyle." It is important to note that "quantum mechanics" is
    >not called "quantum laws." Scientists are no longer out to discover God's
    >secret laws but to determine physical relationships.

    >It sounds classier to refer to "Boyle's Law" than to Boyle's Best Guess"
    >but the phrases are equivalent. Nobel Prizes are won by upsetting
    >someone's previous best guess, not by overturning God's Law.

    Hi Bill
    If we were allowed to call "random mutation and natural selection as an
    explanation of macro evolution" "Darwinin's Best Guess" instead of
    "scientific fact" the controversy might disappear. Do you think the ACLU
    would be agreeable?
    Bertvan



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