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David Berlinski:
Before you can ask is Darwinian Theory correct or not, you have to ask the preliminary question, is it clear enough so that it could be correct. That's a very different question. One of my prevailing doctrines about Darwinian Theory is: man that thing is just a mess. It's like looking into a room full of smoke. Nothing in the theory is precisely, clearly, carefully defined and delineated. It lacks all of the rigor one expects from Mathematical Physics. And Mathematical Physics lacks all of the rigor one expects from Mathematics. So we're talking about a gradual decent down the level of intelligibility, until we reach Evolutionary Biology. We don't even know what a species is, for heaven sakes!
Before you can ask is Darwinian Theory correct or not, you have to ask the preliminary question, is it clear enough so that it could be correct. That's a very different question. One of my prevailing doctrines about Darwinian Theory is: man that thing is just a mess. It's like looking into a room full of smoke. Nothing in the theory is precisely, clearly, carefully defined and delineated. It lacks all of the rigor one expects from Mathematical Physics. And Mathematical Physics lacks all of the rigor one expects from Mathematics. So we're talking about a gradual decent down the level of intelligibility, until we reach Evolutionary Biology. We don't even know what a species is, for heaven sakes!
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Before you can ask is darwinian theory correct or not
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you have to ask the preliminary question
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is it clear enough so that it could be correct
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That's a very different question
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One of my prevailing doctrines about darwinian theory
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is man that thing is just a mess
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It's like looking into a room full of smoke
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Nothing in the theory
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is precisely clearly carefully defined or delineated
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It lacks all of the rigor
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one expects from Mathematical Physics
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and Mathematical Physics lacks all the rigor
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one expects from Mathematics
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So we're talking about a gradual descent
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down the level of intelligibility
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until we reach evolutionary biology
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We don't even know what a species is for Heaven's sakes
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Movie Summary
Ben Stein examines the issue of academic freedom and decides that there is none when it comes to the debate over intelligent design.
