I'm not picking on you Paidon. It is so common to hear old-age origins skeptics use that word, regarding evolution, or age of the universe. Civilization does not grow in its understanding of fields of knowledge if it gets stuck with observations that "seem" to be right. Speculation is the beginning of research. Hypothesis need to be tested. We know the big bang is true, because we predicted that if it was the right theory, there would be background noise radiation. Took awhile, but we eventually found it. Same with Einstein's theories. In order for them to be validated, they had to be testable. The detection of gravitational waves verifies his theories.Paidion wrote:But the latter part of the course went into speculation and astronomical theories. It seemed unreal, and more like mythology and fairy tales.
It's strange that old-age origins skeptics wind up with post-modern arguments. That a lack of certainty in research allows valid observations to be discounted because they don't fit a pet worldview. Bill Nye addresses this with the maxim: "scientific uncertainty isn't the same as scientific doubt." Science requires uncertainty so that theories can be tested. But that doesn't mean those theories are doubtful. It'll be heard: "Evolution is just a theory." That's a misunderstanding of terminology.