RE: definition of science  From: Dick Fischer <> Date: Mon Apr
25 2005 - 12:30:27 EDT  Hi Moorad, you wrote: > Many Darwinist
do say that "evolution is a fact" rather than say that it is a
working hypostasis. Well, evolution is not a "working
hypothesis" either. If evolution is defined as "change through
time" then it is a fact that organisims do change through time.
If you are talking about the concept of mutual-shared, common
ancestry, the key element of Darwinian evolution, then it is a
well-documented theory that explains the evidence satisfactorily
and has become a paradigm. As to the concept that random genetic
drift alone can count for all the variation necessary upon which
natural selection can act, that is unproven and could be either
a theory or working hypothesis depending on how much credance
you give it. As to the idea that non-living chemicals can come
alive, reproduce and replicate with increasing complexity
without assistance anywhere in the process, that is simply a
guess. You are right that