From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:36:08 -0500, Gary Britt
 wrote:

> Then what it suggests is an implication; an assumption of some sort based
> upon what can be observed.  To believe that what evolution suggests is
> correct does take some amount of *belief* or *faith* if you will,
> because it cannot be directly observed

What it requires is a belief in causation; that time flows in one
direction, and that from a given reaction, the causing action can be
inferred.

I see a snowball flying at me.  I see the neighbor's kid, following
through.  I create a hyposthesis that he threw the snowball at me.  I
reconstruct the snowball's trajectory backwards and see that it originates
at the kid.  I then demonstrate how to "lead the runner" with a
snowball of my own.

I never saw him throw the snowball, but I can reconstruct the action that
caused it to hit me based on indirect observation of the results.

--
Steve 
http://www.qmss.com/~sewing

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