Dear George,
Empirical science and mathematics belong the most precious accomplishments of our civilization. [content removed by moderator.]
See further my conclusions from mathematics and empirical science in my post nr. 53, 58 and 122. For the convenience of the followers of this thread, I reprint them below (re-ordered).
CONCLUSIONS
1. ‘ Evolution ’ (= slow change) is not a robust scientific concept. After more than one hundred and fifty years, the concept of evolution urgently needs to be defined more accurately by distinguishing ‘ first order change/variation ’ (= the change of a system in its parameters) + the motor of first order change + the empirical evidence for it, from ‘ second order change/innovation ’ (= the change of a system in its dimensions) + the motor of second order change + the empirical evidence for it. The consequence of this distinction will be that the empirical evidence for variation of the DNA (for instance, the change in the form of the beaks of Darwin finches, produced by the mechanism of recombination of gene variants and selection and by gene regulation), can no longer be used as evidence for innovation of the DNA (for instance the transformation of a land animal into a whale, by the supposed mechanism of accumulation of non-repairable, heritable, instantly advantageous, code-expanding mutations).
2. The problem of explaining second order change/ macro-evolution by natural processes is not a problem of numbers and chances, but a problem of mechanisms. The mechanism for variation of the DNA does not produce new genes (‘dimensions’) and cannot be claimed to produce second-order change/ innovation of the DNA. The supposed mechanism that produces second-order change ( accumulation of non-repairable, heritable, instantly advantageous, code-expanding mutations) is invalid because irreparable mutations are the cause of cancer and hereditary diseases and severe selective disadvantage.
3. From conclusion 1 and 2 follows that ‘ macro evolution ’ (= the transformation of a bacterium into a human, by natural processes) can only happen in a fantasy world, not in our physical reality.
4. The claim that natural processes can transform simple molecules into an ever growing amount of complex molecules and structures of molecules, is pre-Victorian Alchemist faith. If natural processes could form an ever growing amount of more complex molecules, energy could be harvested for free, and chemical industry would close down. This is absurd. Therefore it is proven that natural processes cannot form an ever growing amount of more complex molecules and structures of molecules.
5. The claim that the family tree of fossils can be seen as a billions of years lasting ’film’ of second order change of bacteria into humans, is contradicted by a multitude of scientific facts and must be rejected according the rules of empirical science