Five guys and I got together this weekend to work on (and maybe solve) some business and personal dilemmas. {And for our wives who may be reading this post, we are all happily married. Women, females, and wives never came up.}
The technic we used for our dilemmas were questions. You could do the same thing.
Do you need an answer to a problem or dilemma that you are experiencing? Any dilemma, small or big. Maybe something big like the following:
- Marriage dilemma: How can my mate and I be happier for the rest of our lives together?
- Job dilemma: Is this the right job for me? How can I make it better?
- Religious dilemma: Which religion is the one true religion? What makes Christian religion the one true religion?
- Professional dilemma: How am I going to solve this professional problem?
- And finally, drum roll please:
- Evolution dilemma: Is evolution a theory?
Here is what I learned in Engineering School at Louisiana Tech University. When faced with a big dilemma, ask small questions. So, to find the answer to any dilemma, ask questions. This is what we 6 guys did. We asked a lot of question to each other and to ourselves.
If we don’t get any answer to our dilemma, we at least narrowed in on some possible answers or better defined the dilemma. I hope that you have heard: “90% of the solution is correctly defining the problem”. So, to kind of work on this a little, lets look at a dilemma. Can you guess the dilemma? You guessed it… Is evolution a theory? Here are some possible questions:
- Can we get an answer? Is evolution a truth, religious, or historical question?
- What is the best way to find an answer? Experimentation, testimony, experience, trial and error, computer modeling, or thought experiments?
- What are the results of getting the wrong/right answer? How critical is the dilemma?
- What are the built-in biases that I or others have?
I hope you get the picture about question. But for the question, “is evolution a theory”, I have some good news for you. There is only one question you need to ask? And funny thing is that this question is a scientific question that all theoretical scientist ask:
Is this theory compatible with other scientific theories or laws?
The dilemma over evolution (“is evolution a theory”) has a simple resolution using the above question. The theory of evolution is not compatible with other theories. This is a scientific fact. Therefore, what must we conclude? Remember, if two theories contradict, they both cannot be right.
Logical Conclusion: the theory of evolution is flawed and thus null and void.
Are you offended by my conclusion? Do you not agree? If not, what part of the Law of Non-Contradiction do you think scientist and philosophers should change? What part of the Law of Information do you want to change?
A special shout out and thanks to John Stewart (our facilitator) George Harrison, John Mottice, Gary McKenzie, and Rick Nelson. I had a great time examining many dilemmas of life, religion, and re-examining the question, “is evolution a theory?”.
Thanks guys!