Paul Braterman: Why Historical Sciences Are More Useful Than "Rule-Seeking" Sciences
Paul Braterman has a post that comes in response to what can only be called a Usenet forum on young earth creationism. His post outlines the value of historical sciences. Ken Ham has been highly critical of historical sciences with his patented “Were you there?” shtick. Braterman counters this nicely. He writes:
What about reproducibility, prediction-making, and testing against observation, traditional hallmarks of good science?
All we need to be able to reproduce is our observations, not necessarily the event that caused them. We cannot duplicate the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but we can duplicate the observations from which we infer that it occurred. We cannot duplicate the formation of the Cretaceous limestones of Europe and North America, but we can repeatedly confirm that they contain similar microfossils, showing them to be of the same age. And when we speak of prediction-making in science, we are using the word “prediction” rather loosely, to include relevant information about the past. Thus when William Halley used Newton’s physics to work out the trajectory of the comet that bears his name, he “predicted” that the comet would have appeared previously around 1531 and 1607, in accord with recorded observation.
While some of the examples he gives could be solidified a bit, they are instructive on why historical sciences are very bit as useful and rigorous as observational science. He also invites comments.
Source: http://scienceandcreation.blogspot.com/2019/06/paul-braterman-why-historical-sciences.html
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