The Creationist Policeman
The creationist argument that yields the most head-scratching for me is when they argue against the use of inference as a valid scientific approach. "If it can't be observed," they assert, "then it's not science." I wonder what police work would be like if they took this approach? Suppose....
A woman comes home to find her husband stabbed to death on the kitchen floor. She calls the cops and a few minutes later Lt. Columbo arrives.
Lt. C: So, what happened here ma'am?
Woman: I don't know. I came home and I found my husband like this.
Lt. C: You didn't see it happen?
Woman: No.
Lt. C: Do you have a security camera somewhere in the house that may have recorded the murder?
Woman: No.
Lt. C: Well, there's not much we can do then. Okay, boys, pack up and let's go home. Call the meat wagon first, though. Oh, uh, ma'am, just one more thing. Did you kill your husband?
Woman: No.
Lt. Columbo: Okay boys let's go.
Woman: Wait! Aren't you going to check for fingerprints on the knife?
Lt. C: No point. Any prints could have been placed there by the guy who made or sold the knife. Maybe the prints belong to the killer, maybe they don't.
Woman: Well, what about this shoeprint of blood on the floor. It's not from my husband's shoes. Maybe it's from the killer's.
Lt. C: And maybe it's not. Fact is ma'am, we don't know anything about that shoeprint or the blood. Since we didn't see anything, and you didn't see anything, and there's no video, and since your husband sure ain't talking, any conclusions we might draw would only be a theory.
(meio curto, mas mostra os fatos como eles são)
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