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Author Topic:   Is ID Scientific? (was "Abusive Assumptions")
pink sasquatch
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Message 5 of 292 (194127)
03-24-2005 4:39 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by commike37
03-24-2005 4:25 PM


commike-
Present:
- A single falsifiable ID theory.
OR
- A single ID study from the peer-reviewed literature.
One of these would refute the assertion that ID is not science. If you can't come up with either, than perhaps ID isn't science after all...

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pink sasquatch
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Message 11 of 292 (194153)
03-24-2005 5:30 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by commike37
03-24-2005 5:05 PM


almost what I asked for...
commike, I asked you to produce one of these things to refute the assertion that ID is not science:
- A single falsifiable ID theory.
OR
- A single ID study from the peer-reviewed literature.
Regarding the first; if you think one was present in your response, please specify, because I did not see it. The closest I saw was:
Q: Does intelligent design make predictions?
A: Is it testable.
"Testable" is quite different from "falsifiable". Hopefully you understand the difference - in other words, where is the ID theory that can be refuted?
The source goes on:
Yes. Intelligent design theory predicts: 1) that we will find specified complexity in biology. One special easily detectable form of specified complexity is irreducible complexity. We can test design by trying to reverse engineer biological structures to determine if there is an "irreducible core." Intelligent design also makes other predictions, such as 2) rapid appearance of complexity in the fossil record, 3) re-usage of similar parts in different organisms, and 4) function for biological structures. Each of these predictions may be tested--and have been confirmed through testing!
What is "Intelligent Design theory"? Is there an agreed upon working description?
What is "specified complexity"? Do the IDers have a working definition?
Regarding points #2,3, and 4; the Theory of Evolution also explains and/or predicts these things, without the inclusion of a supernatural force. Why is an ID view of these things more accurate than what has already been naturalistically explained?
Regarding the point of peer-reviewed literature; I should have been more specific. When I use the term "study", I mean that a hypothesis is tested through experimental data and/or evidence gathering. The "peer-reviewed literature" you list is theoretical/philosophical - no hypothesis tested with evidence:
Likewise, the PCID journal mentioned is peer-reviewed by IDers only, is published only on-line, and only contains theoretical/philosophical and/or review papers.
Perhaps I should ask a bit differently:
- Can you present a single (falsifiable) ID hypothesis that has been tested by experimental evidence?
After all, I would think that if ID was a legitimate theory and field of science there would be at least a little experimental evidence, wouldn't you?
I'm really not trying "to pull the wool over your eyes" here, commike; I would be genuinely interested to examine a legitimate, scientific ID study. I'm looking forward to seeing if you can come up with one.

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pink sasquatch
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Message 22 of 292 (194186)
03-24-2005 6:07 PM
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03-24-2005 5:48 PM


not abuse if assumption is truth
commike-
Hopefully you don't feel I've been abusive in any way - I don't think I have.
I understand you want to talk about "abuse"; but the title of the thread is "abusive assumptions".
Now, before we can determine if an "assumption" is "abusive" or not, we need to show that it is indeed an "assumption". If it is not an assumption, and is true, than stating so is not abusive, it is stating the truth.
while I wouldn't mind getting into an evidence war over specific tenets of ID, it is simply unacceptable withing the context of this forum to argue that ID and creation as a whole are unscientific.
I feel like I've given you a specific test for whether or not "ID is not science" is true or is indeed a false assumption. If ID is science it should easily pass this test - I'm not interested in an "evidence war" either, I'm simply interested in testing the assumption.
Can you show the assumption to be wrong?

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pink sasquatch
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Message 26 of 292 (194197)
03-24-2005 6:29 PM
Reply to: Message 21 by commike37
03-24-2005 6:07 PM


what, me abusive?
I thought I just covered that with "FAQ: Does intelligent design make predictions? Is it testable?"
No actual tests of a hypothesis were given, just claims that it had been done.
Furthermore, let me point out some more abuse.
That evidence from the Center for Science and Culture said
"[PCID] has an editorial advisory board of more than 50 scholars from relevant scientific disciplines, most of whom have university affiliations."
but you want to maintain, using your own words and yourself as a source of credibility
"PCID journal mentioned is peer-reviewed by IDers only, is published only on-line, and only contains theoretical/philosophical and/or review papers."
commike, I'm not being abusive if I'm making assertions that can be backed-up by evidence. I'll dissect my comment that you call "abuse" to show you that it is not:
Pink: PCID journal mentioned is peer-reviewed by IDers only
PCID is published by ISCID. From the ISCID website:
ISCID: Once on the archive, articles passed on by at least one ISCID fellow will be accepted for publication.
First, let me state that acceptance of an article by a single fellow would not be considered legitimate peer-review by a scientific journal. The fewest peer-reviewers I ever had was two (plus an editor), and that was for a review article that was requested by the journal.
But, who is an ISCID fellow? It should be an IDer for my claim to be truthful. From the ISCID website:
ISCID: Fellows of the International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design (ISCID) have distinguished themselves for their work in complex systems. In addition to fostering the society's intellectual life and guiding its various programs, fellows serve as the editorial advisory board that peer-reviews the society's journal, Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design (PCID).
So I guess they are all IDers. First part of my statement was truthful.
Pink: is published only on-line,
That's easy:
ISCID: The journal will be published in electronic form only (there will be no print version).
Second part of my statement is truthful; now for the last part:
Pink: and only contains theoretical/philosophical and/or review papers.
Because I cannot answer this with a simple cut-a-paste, (because the journal claims to publish experimental work), I'll ask you to do a bit of work:
Go to the PCID Journal website and find a single experimental scientific report.
There, I've demonstrated my statement to be true by citing the journal and it's contents, so you no longer have to consider it a matter of my personal credibility.
If you cannot find an experimental scientific report in PCID, I suggest you owe me an apology for implying I am an abusive liar.

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pink sasquatch
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Message 35 of 292 (194226)
03-24-2005 8:00 PM
Reply to: Message 29 by commike37
03-24-2005 6:39 PM


be civil. I have.
The long answer [if you follow the link I gave you] will give a more in-depth explanation.
You posted a very long link that on first scan appears to justify the lack of peer-reviewed ID science by crying prejudice.
In any case, I didn't ask for a long treatise on the lack of ID science.
I asked for a single piece of ID science.
And even without the long explanation, it's their words vs your words. And I believe that it would be reasonable to trust IDEA more than I trust a random user on a random board.
Why would you trust either of us without examining the evidence? The evidence matters, not the authority - you evidently have much to learn about science.
And even with everything you mentioned, you're still turning this into an evidence debate, more specifically an example debate.
No, I'm not. You've claimed that "ID is not science" is an "abusive assumption". I'm asking for a single piece of ID science to show that the assumption is false.
You want to maintain that in the history of ID, no one has treated it in a proper scientific way, and that all of these scientists, despite their credentials, have misrepresented science. Now that is abusive.
I don't care about credentials or history. I want a single piece of ID science shown to me. Since you represent ID as having a valuable history and valuable members, surely you can come up with a single example of ID science?
Even if you're right on these two [edit: two examples you brought up in your post], these are only two examples.
I'm confused - what two examples are you talking about? I didn't give you any examples in my last post.
Through all of this evidence I was hoping to give you a broad perspective of what ID had really become.
Not meant to be rude, but: I'm not sure you know what evidence is. You've given lots of websites talking in general terms about the existence of evidence, but you haven't given any evidence. In science primary literature is the name of the game - it doesn't appear that it exists for ID.
And it's silly to think that this whole scientific controversy and all of its venues were based off of an unscientific theory.
Actually, that's precisely why the controversy exists - because a group is claiming that they have a scientific theory when they do not. If it was scientific, it would be published in scientific literature, but it is not. I believe it was you who started a topic pointing out that the scientific literature published a paper demonstrating a newly discovered way that Mendel's Laws, the foundation of genetics, are violated - so I don't see how you can complain that only dogma makes it into the scientific literature.
Finally, if you recall you called one of my statements abusive and false ("PCID journal mentioned is peer-reviewed by IDers only, is published only on-line, and only contains theoretical/philosophical and/or review papers.")
I showed all parts of it were true. Perhaps you should ask yourself why PCID claims to publish hard science but does not do so. Perhaps you should ask yourself whether ISCID and those that cite ISCID as a valid scientific organization are honest, or are simply generating propaganda.
I have been completely civil with you. Do you apologize for essentially calling me an abusive liar?
If not, then it is you who is being abusive.

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pink sasquatch
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Message 52 of 292 (194393)
03-25-2005 9:17 AM
Reply to: Message 44 by commike37
03-25-2005 1:08 AM


any evidence yet?
I've spent part of my post listing all of the people and organizations who have supported ID in one form or another. I just want you all to realize the progress ID has made without me having to rehash evidence for every potential topic that would degrade into an "ID isn't science" debate.
commike-
You've listed people.
You've listed organizations.
You've listed writings about ID by those people and organizations.
You haven't given a single piece of real evidence.
Think of it this way; imagine if you asked for evidence for the theory of evolution, and I stated "Well, I have a list of a bunch of scientists who feel it is true, and there are these organizations made up of those scientists that have written FAQs and primers and briefs; but I can't give you a single experiment that has been done, or even tell you what the theory of evolution is."
If I said that, I would hope you would reply with "That's not science! Show me some evidence!"
That's essentially what I'm saying to you.
To say that despite everything I've listed here and much that I've left out, that ID can't put forth a plausible theory is just plain ludicrous.
Prove to me it is ludicrous - tell me a single plausible (falsifiable) ID theory. I'm beginning to assume you cannot since I've asked several times and you haven't given me one. If ID is true science this should be an easy task.
By the way, I'm still waiting for a reply to my previous post, and for that apology.

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pink sasquatch
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Message 57 of 292 (194462)
03-25-2005 2:24 PM
Reply to: Message 54 by commike37
03-25-2005 12:45 PM


proof and refutation
First off, you did not deal with my challenge of uniqueness. I specifically said the argument raised here was non-unique, and that this needed to be taken care of to win this argument.
I have no idea what you are talking about. Are you sure you made this challenge to me?
But I'd like you to prove that on the ID side, all of these groups, people, etc. have not put forth a single plausible ID theory or have presented ID in a scientific way, and that all of the ones I've left out have done the same, and how therefore we can conclude ID is not science.
The above statement will hopefully serve as an excellent example.
I cannot prove what you ask, because I cannot refute a negative.
You however can prove the claim "ID is not science" (since it is a falsifiable statement) by showing a single example of ID science.
Do you understand yet why I am asking for a single example?
the ID side, all of these groups, people, etc. have not put forth a single plausible ID theory or have presented ID in a scientific way,
I can't logically show that. You can show me that a "single plausible ID theory" exists, and thus refute that claim.
Also be careful of concepts like "presented ID in a scientific way". Lots of things that are wholly unscientific can be presented with the appearance of being scientific - such as the PCID journal, which claims to publish hard science but does not.
I'm just asking to reject the notion that all of ID is not science. Once we get past that, then we can debate whether "X" journal or "X" person or "X" version of the design theory is acting in a scientific process.
Okay - help me reject the notion, by demonstrating that a single such 'X' exists. You can refute the notion, but I cannot prove it - understand?
But it's just a stupid generalization to say that all of ID is not science.
Again, I cannot prove the generalization but you can refute it.
Why haven't you done so yet?
(And by the way, will I ever get that apology for your abusive accusation?)

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