Originally posted by Rren
The Scientific Status of Intelligent Design:
Perhaps another example will help. If one wishes to explain why astronauts were able to fly to the moon when apples usually fall to the earth, one will not primarily cite the law of gravity. Such a law is far too general to be primarily relevant to explanation in this context, because the law allows for a vast array of possible outcomes depending on initial and boundary conditions. The law stating that all matter gravitates according to an inverse square law is consistent with both an apple falling to the earth and with an astronaut flying to the moon. Explaining why the astronaut flew when apples routinely fall, therefore, requires more than citing the law, since the law is presumed operative in both situations. Accounting for the differing outcomes—the falling apple and the flying astronaut—will require references to the antecedent conditions and events that differed in the two situations. Indeed, explanation in this case involves an accounting of the way engineers have used technology to alter the conditions affecting the astronauts to allow them to overcome the constraints that gravity ordinarily imposes on earthbound objects.
Seems like these guys are cool with gravity theory as is, maybe i'm missing something
That passage you have quoted makes no mention of the theories of gravity at all. It talks about the Law of Gravity which, as well as being a mathematical postulate, is all about describing how objects behave because of gravity. For example if you drop an object on Earth it will accelerate towards it at roughly 9.8 metres per second per second, this is an aspect of that Law. The theories of gravity attempt to explain why the object falls towards the Earth.
From what I gather, none of these theories work completely and they contradict each other in many cases. This would seem to leave the door open to saying "well it must be God then". Not sure how many people advocate this, though logically if you are going to have Intelligent Design then you must be able to have other faux sciences that try to explain other aspects of reality in terms of an "intelligent designer".
never mind all the other things on
his day-planner.
