Is panspermia a scienctific theory?

[imported_luckyme]

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But I argue from the ID standpoint at times to illustrate the weaknesses of some ideas that are considered more "scientific"

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Here's what panspermia would look like if expressed in ID terms.-
(A) If life in other parts of the galaxy seeded life forms on earth, we'd see life forms on earth. There are life forms on earth, therefore it arrived from other parts of the galaxy.
(B) if there is an Idesigner we'd see things that appear Idesigned. We see things that look Idesigned, so there must be an Idesigner.
Neither claim is scientific or unscientific, both are simply idiotic.

[NotReady]

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Here's what panspermia would look like if expressed in ID terms.-
(A) If life in other parts of the galaxy seeded life forms on earth, we'd see life forms on earth. There are life forms on earth, therefore it arrived from other parts of the galaxy.
(B) if there is an Idesigner we'd see things that appear Idesigned. We see things that look Idesigned, so there must be an Idesigner.
Neither claim is scientific or unscientific, both are simply idiotic


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Here's what panspermia does look like if expressed in atheistic terms.-
(A) If we see life forms on earth, since there is no God and chance is ultimate, there must be life forms in other parts of the galaxy.
(B) if there is no Idesigner we'd see things that appear Idesigned. We see things that look Idesigned, so there must not be an Idesigner.
Neither claim is scientific or unscientific, both are simply idiotic

Here's what evolution does look like if expressed in atheistic terms.-
(A) If we see life forms on earth, since there is no God and chance is ultimate, the fossil record must show a gradual development of life forms. The fossil record does not show a gradual development of life forms, therefore God does not exist and life evolved by chance.
This claim is neither scientific or unscientific, it is simply idiotic

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What other types of truths are there?

[NotReady]

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What other types of truths are there?


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To be more accurate, there is only one type of truth, but more than one way of knowing or expressing truth. Other methods besides science include logic, art, intuition, philosophy and revelation. For instance, if a writer said "The sun rose today" he would be expressing truth, but not scientific truth.

[Trantor]

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I'm pleased to see support for my earlier insistance that panspermia is a scientific theory (in contrast to ID) in the fact that a summary of the status of this theory is in the current edition of "Scientific American".


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Ha, knew it. I've come to the conclusion that any explanation for anything, so long as God isn't involved, can be made scientific, even FSM.

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LOL. But some God based hypotheses are testable as scientific theories. And what is FSM?..that one is lost on me.

[NotReady]

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And what is FSM?..that one is lost on me.


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Flying Spaghetti Monster. As in SETI, if you haven't found him yet, keep looking - the fact he hasn't shown up doesn't mean he isn't there. Now that's real science.

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Who's calling FSM real science?

[NotReady]

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Who's calling FSM real science?


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I sometimes cave to the sarcasm temptation.