
Originally Posted by
yen
Uhm... is it okay if I just say that both theories are plausible?
I can only say plausible because those two theories are currently the most popular if not just very popular theories in their respective categories. It doesn't mean they are 100% proven beyond a doubt correct. It just means that those theories currently provide the most plausible answers that most scienstists agree upon.
Of course, scientific theories can never be proven absolutely. A scientific theory does have explanatory power, but it also ought to be testable and falsifiable. Of course, no two theories have equal explanatory power. The Big Bang model, for example, has presently the most greatest explanatory power over all existing theories like the Steady-State model.
However, I doubt if Darwinian evolution is presently the theory on the origin of life that is most agreed upon by scientists.
Both men are still very highly respected, of course. Heh. I'm actually glad this topic isn't about Einsten or Newton's theories. ^^;; I'm kind of fan of those two. Darwin's marvelous of course, but biology doesn't interest me as much as physics.
I believe that Einstein and Newton is very much part of the topic of Big Bang cosmology. The Big Bang, after all, includes the origin of space-time.
As for the Big Bang Theory, I don't even know who came up with it.
Read here:
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy...se/b_bang.html . What is ironic about the name of this theory is that one of its dissenter was responsible for its name.
Pax.