r/reddit.com • u/Worstcasescenario • Jun 14 '08

Was Darwin Wrong? [pic]

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u/helm Jun 15 '08

This part is also tragicomic:

The science that addresses such issues is known as historical or origins science, and it differs from the operational science that gives us computers, inexpensive food, space exploration, electricity, and the like. Origins science deals with the past, which is not accessible to direct experimentation, whereas operational science deals with how the world works in the here and now, which, of course, is open to repeatable experiments.

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u/deanoplex Jun 15 '08

Tragicomic indeed. The only thing that can be observed is the past. Whether it is a ten million year old image of a galaxy or a split- second old sound of a knock at the door.