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Science Past
Study of the Past
http://people.delphiforums.com/reasnmclucus/HISTSCIE.htm
Those who study physical evidence from the past often misidentify
themselves
as "scientists". Actually they are engaging in historical
research
and face the same limitations in terms of "proving" theories that other
historians face. Science is a methodology that only is relevant
for
research in the present.
Intelligent Design
The debate about the origin of life has been between two views called
evolution and creation since the 19th Century. Intelligent Design
is a new approach to the old debate. I provide several essays
dealing
with this issue..
Public schools should concentrate on teaching
students about advances in biological science. Schools shouldn't
waste time teaching the outdated beliefs of Charles Darwin. We
need
to encourage students to choose careers in health care which is more
likely
to occur if biology classes emphasize advances in health care science
rather
than teaching how some people believe life began.
Definitions
of the terms science, supernatural and evolution.
This essay discusses the issue of
intelligent
design and the different ways an intelligent being might have
created
life.
The resemblance of the cell to a
computer suggests a way life might have developed.
A new paradigm
for explaining the origin of life using the idea of the cell as a
computer.
When a suspicious death has occurred the coroner sometimes conducts
an inquest
to
determine the possible cause of death. This approach might also
work
for determining the cause of life. The essay deals with some of
the
same points as the above essays in a more comprehensive fashion.
I need to go through and update it at some point, but for now I'll post
the version I copyrighted 12 years ago.
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