Reply #194: I want it taught in science class! [View All]

[Liberal Veteran]

Of course I am being totally facetious.

But you sorta jumped into the middle of the argument and are sidetracking the context.

The poster I was taking to task claimed it wasn't incumbent upon them to provide evidence of ID, the idea being that somehow it's EVERYONE ELSE'S job to disprove the theory and usless they do, it's completely valid.

Science doesn't work that way. If I say "I want the origin of the universe as told by the greek mythos taught in science class", I have to provide something that makes it science, rather than just speculation or wishful thinking.

Same thing with ID. You are free to believe that ID is valid as you are to believe that the willow tree was created by God or Zeus or Cthulu to cure headaches and the foxglove plant to treat heart problems. But unless you have some evidence to back it up or a way to test the notion, it's not really science.

That's the point of not teaching ID in science class.

Evolution doesn't speak to the existence or non-existence of a diety (despite what creationists believe).

ID however throws in a completely unprovable and untestable component that really doesn't have much more than a shred of philosophy to back it up. It's certainly not science and therefore has no place in science class as an "alternative theory". It's not in any sense of the word a "scientific theory".