> Evolution, with a capitol "E", is the theory that man 
> descended from apes descended from thecodonts descended from 
> reptiles etc. etc.
> That's the theory the CFs oppose.  It should be noted that 
> even the most ardent CFs generally accept that evolution 
> (lowercase "e") is a real force for biological change.  They 
> simply refuse to believe that it could be the origin of life.

Ahh... So Evolution can't be proven (or more accuratly, not disproven)
because we can't go back in time?

I guess I can see that point. You can't say (as a Popper head) that
_E_volution could not account for us being here but you can say that
_e_volution has not yet been disproven. So _E_volution is not Popper type
science but _e_volution is.

The point then is that we can never know where we came from. CF or ES or Pan
Sperma or whatever theory you like is pointless to argue given what we have
for looking into the past. 

So we should kill this thread and get back to building our time machines,
right?

Schools should teach _e_volution, the Popper method of science and leave the
unknowable to those who don't know.

---
James.
 


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