Don’t Assume Too Much: Not All Assumptions in Science Are Bad
by Jeff Miller, Ph.D.
It might be tempting to get the wrong impression and think that making assumptions in science is a bad practice, especially upon reading various writings from the Creationist community. Creation scientists, for instance, correctly relate many of the problems inherent in the assumptions of evolutionary geologic dating techniques that tend to yield extremely old ages for the items they test. But do not fall victim to the same fallacy that the evolutionary community makes in assuming too much. As is the case with the fact that scientific theories can be good things (see Miller, 2012b), the practice of making assumptions in science also can be a good thing.
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