Definition of
"science" - 3a : knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general
truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested
through scientific method b: such knowledge or such a system of knowledge
concerned with the physical world and its phenomena (Merriam-Webster Online)
Definition of
"scientific method" - : principles and procedures for the systematic
pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem,
the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation
and testing of hypotheses (Merriam-Webster Online)
Definition of
"probable" - 1 : supported by evidence strong enough to establish
presumption but not proof 2 : establishing a probability
Definition of
"hypothesis" - 2 : a tentative assumption made in order to draw out
and test its logical or empirical consequences - hypothesis
implies insufficient evidence to provide more than a tentative explanation <a hypothesis explaining the extinction of the dinosaurs>. theory implies a
greater range of evidence and greater likelihood of truth <the
theory of evolution>. law implies a
statement of order and relation in nature that has been found to be invariable under the same conditions <the law of gravitation>. (Merriam-Webster
Online)
A hypothesis is
an educated guess, based on observation. Usually, a hypothesis can be supported
or refuted through experimentation or more observation. A hypothesis
can be disproven, but not proven to be true.
A
scientific theory summarizes
a hypothesis or group of hypotheses that have been supported with repeated
testing. A theory is valid as long as there is no evidence to dispute
it. [Hence the efforts to suppress evidences opposing evolution.]
Therefore, theories can be disproven. Basically, if evidence accumulates
to support a hypothesis, then the hypothesis can become accepted as a good
explanation of a phenomenon. One definition of a theory is to say it's an
accepted hypothesis.
A law generalizes
a body of observations. At the time it is made, no exceptions
have been found to a law. Scientific laws explain things, but they do not
describe them. One way to tell a law and a theory apart is to ask if the
description gives you a means to explain "why."
In normal usage, the word "evolution" often refers
to both a fact and a theory. Micro-evolution is the adaptations and
changes within a species while macro-evolution is the addition of new traits or
a transition to a new species. Micro-evolution is a fact that is plainly
observable throughout nature. Macro-evolution is a theory that has never
been observed in science. http://www.exchangedlife.com/Creation/macro-evol.shtml
Definition
of “baraminology” - "created kinds” better describes the distinction
between macro- and micro-evolution.
Whereas new “species” (by common definition) can sometimes develop through
micro-evolution, the lines between “created kinds” cannot be crossed. Genetic engineering (intelligent design) may
attempt to induce such changes, but they cannot occur naturally. As long as two creatures can hybridize with
true fertilization, the two creatures are (i.e. descended from) the same kind.
Also, if two creatures can hybridize with the same third creature, they are all
members of the same kind. The hybridization criterion is a valid operational
definition, which could in principle enable researchers to list all the kinds. http://www.conservapedia.com/Baraminology
The Baraminology
Study Group (BSG) has been instrumental in this area of research. The group
is involved to further the development and research of this theoretical
framework in creation biology within a forum of leading creation scientists in
the relevant fields. http://creationwiki.org/Baraminology
Definition
of “design” - Through
the study and analysis of a system's components, a design theorist is able to
determine whether various natural structures are the product of chance, natural
law, intelligent design, or some combination thereof. Such research is
conducted by observing the types of information produced when intelligent
agents act. Scientists then seek to find objects which have those same types of
informational properties which we commonly know come from intelligence.
Intelligent design has applied these scientific methods to detect design in
irreducibly complex biological structures, the complex and specified
information content in DNA, the life-sustaining physical architecture of the
universe, and the geologically rapid origin of biological diversity in the
fossil record during the Cambrian explosion.