This is played out every time I sink a well. This is why Flood Geology is
not used for petroleum exploration; it is incapable of making predictions
for petroleum occurrences.
Stephen J. Krogh, P.G.
The PanTerra Group
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
> Behalf Of Keith B Miller
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 9:16 PM
> To: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Re: Evolution Statement
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> I have stated this several times in previous posts -- historical
> science IS
> predictive. Hypotheses are continually being tested by comparing
> expectations of the hypotheses with future observations. It
> doesn't matter
> that the events being reconstructed are in the past, only that
> the specific
> observation or data was unknown to the investigator previous to the
> prediction. This is done all the time. In my own research I am
> continually testing my expectation against new observations. If
> they prove
> out, my confidence in my hypothesis increases, if they don't that
> confidence is weakened. If expectation are frequently not met, the
> hypothesis is abandoned. That is the way all scientific theorizing works.
>
> The recent discovery of the walking whales from Pakistan are a great
> example within the field of paleontology.
>
> Keith
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> Keith B. Miller
> Department of Geology
> Kansas State University
> Manhattan, KS 66506
> kbmill@ksu.edu
> http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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