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realwhiteknight -> RE: The Theory of Intelligent Falling (7/24/2010 9:34:46 PM)
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ORIGINAL: GotSteel
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
okay, if the theory of gravity has not been proven, why is it I fall down instead of up?
"The theory of Intelligent Falling holds that Newtonian gravity is a blasphemous lie concocted by evil anti-theistic scientists, and that objects fall because God an Intelligent Puller is pulling them down.[4] This intuitive theory is based on the observation that if falling was truly random — as gravity suggests — each thing would independently fall in a different direction, and the odds of everything falling down are astronomically slim." http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Intelligent_Falling
My theory/intuition is this:
For years, one of the great arguments the science camp would use to debate the creationists was this: 'OK sure- *technically*, by a very narrow definition, evolution is 'a theory'. But guess what, so is gravity. Gravity is just a theory too. Yet, we understand how it works, we know what circumstances it operates under, we have lots of evidence for it, and we sure don't go floating into space if we're not holding onto something. Evolution, we have just as much evidence for.'
I think this Intelligent Falling/gravity is not really understood perfectly thing is now just a way for the creationists to pathetically, weakly, tear a hole in not the logic (they cant do that) but the popular conception of gravity, by throwing doubts out there. If people start questioning scientists' grasp on gravity and losing trust in the idea, it paves the way to people to start questioning scientists' grasp on evolution and lose trust in that idea.
The sad and really infuriating thing is not so much the creationists' idiocy, lack of basic science education and logic, as much as it is the fact that this is all really a fight over popularity and control over ideology and what the masses think. Really, the creationists want legitimacy for their views and to be respected more by most educated people than they are (this is why they repackaged their beliefs a bit with 'intelligent design').
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