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<blockquote data-quote="misssurfusa" data-source="post: 2873313" data-attributes="member: 133403">My main point was to address the over used phrase&nbsp; evolution by chance, but you have raised some points that need to be addressed in the same light.Agree and disagree. It is true that science&nbsp; direct means means to examine the origins of life in other solar systems similar to our own to see if the results follow the type of predictable patterns you mention. Also, I don&#039;t think science knows anywhere near enough about the laws of existence and how they apply to the emergence of life to be able to state that it will always follow a predictable pattern But a deeper understanding on what is the ability of science &#039;to predict&#039; discoveries in cosmology, evolution and other sciences based on the relationships of scientific knowledge to theories and prediction. I described. One of the important criteria of theories, like that of evolution, are can science make predictions of what should be based on our current knowledge? The answer is overwhelmingly yes.Examples:(1) In cosmology physicists have predicted many of the finds of Hubble and other advanced technology looking out in space. They basically know what they are looking for before they find it.Scientists have not only predicted the finding of other solar systems, but predictive models of the type of solar sytem we should find based on the type of star or stars has been very successful. This reinforces there prediction that there are solar systems like ours out there.(2) In evolution scientists have made many predictions concerning the species and other evidence we should be finding living now and in the past, before the discoveries were made.(3) Almost all of the discoveries in RNA, DNA and molecular genetics were made before they were discovered.(4) The predictions of elements to be found in the periodic table have been very accurate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="misssurfusa, post: 2873313, member: 133403"] My main point was to address the over used phrase evolution by chance, but you have raised some points that need to be addressed in the same light. Agree and disagree. It is true that science direct means means to examine the origins of life in other solar systems similar to our own to see if the results follow the type of predictable patterns you mention. Also, I don't think science knows anywhere near enough about the laws of existence and how they apply to the emergence of life to be able to state that it will always follow a predictable pattern But a deeper understanding on what is the ability of science 'to predict' discoveries in cosmology, evolution and other sciences based on the relationships of scientific knowledge to theories and prediction. I described. One of the important criteria of theories, like that of evolution, are can science make predictions of what should be based on our current knowledge? The answer is overwhelmingly yes. Examples: (1) In cosmology physicists have predicted many of the finds of Hubble and other advanced technology looking out in space. They basically know what they are looking for before they find it. Scientists have not only predicted the finding of other solar systems, but predictive models of the type of solar sytem we should find based on the type of star or stars has been very successful. This reinforces there prediction that there are solar systems like ours out there. (2) In evolution scientists have made many predictions concerning the species and other evidence we should be finding living now and in the past, before the discoveries were made. (3) Almost all of the discoveries in RNA, DNA and molecular genetics were made before they were discovered. (4) The predictions of elements to be found in the periodic table have been very accurate. [/QUOTE]

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