Monday, June 30, 2008

Lot's of Faith in Darwinism, Not Much Science

Is this the end of belief in Darwinism? An interesting article called The Sunset of Darwinism at Tradition, Family, and Property suggests that this might be the end.
My favorite quote from the article is from the scientist Francis Crick who (together with another scientist, Watson) discovered the structure of DNA,
"An honest man, armed only with the knowledge available to us, could affirm only that, in a certain sense, the origin of life at the moment appears to be rather a miracle."
Don't you just love it? As sad as it is, many people have to hear it from a scientist before they will believe it. It is akin to the phenomenon, in less intelligent circles, (BIG circles of people, mind you) who don't believe it until they hear it from Oprah.
H/T to Jay over at DeoOmnisGloria for finding this!
"What is left, then, in evolutionism, that is valid according to the scientific method? Nothing, actually nothing!" This is the conclusion of journalist Marco Respinti in his recent book Processo a Darwin (Darwin on Trial, Piemme, 2007). He continues: "Not one of his postulates can be verified or certified based on the method proper to the physical sciences. His whole claim escapes verification. Based on what, therefore, other than on strong prejudices of an ideological nature, can anyone affirm or continue to affirm that the evolutionist hypothesis is true?"
But the article continues by showing more and more scientists no longer believe that Darwinism is a scientifically provable hypothesis:
Francis Crick, who together with Watson discovered the structure of DNA, openly declared, "An honest man, armed only with the knowledge available to us, could affirm only that, in a certain sense, the origin of life at the moment appears to be rather a miracle."
In the same wavelength, Harold Hurey, a disciple of Stanley Miller who made history with his failed attempt to recreate life in the laboratory from a so-called primordial broth, said, "All of us who studied the origins of life uphold that the more we get into it, the more we feel it is too complex to have evolved in any way." Indeed, a lot of faith is required to believe in evolutionism, and it is precisely that faith, of a clearly positivist[1] mold, that is now beginning to weaken.
You can read the full article here, it's worth your time. If this is the sunset of Darwinism, then it's about time. There's lots of faith in Darwinism, but not much science.

Again, H/T to Jay over at DeoOmnisGloria for finding and posting this!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am hearing Crick's quote in my head.

"An honest man, armed only with the knowledge available to us, could affirm only that, in a certain sense, the origin of life at the moment appears to be rather a miracle."

This gentleman must be English because that is the accent I hear in my imagination!

Good post by the way.

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