Definition:
Law of Uniformity says that the future will look like the past. Another way to look at it is unobserved cases will resemble the previously observed cases.
“The Law of Uniformity holds identical antecedent states or causes to be uniformly followed by identical effects.” (Click here for Merriam Webster Definition)
The Laws of Nature apply throughout the universe and that nature is regular and invariable; thus the Law of Uniformity.
Discussion:
If you get on the web and research this law, you will see all kinds of discussions about it and the problem with induction. Please note that we are talking about Uniformity with the Laws of Nature; not about issues in probability.
As you should know, the Law of Uniformity is a Law in Philosophy and not science since it cannot be demonstrated experimentally. However, this law is foundation to science like other Laws in Philosophy. This law justifies inductive reasoning and scientific research. Without it, there is no science.
If the Law of Uniformity did not operate, there would be no way we could predict the future or perform experiments expecting consistent results.
Fortunately, we found the Laws of Nature consistent; past, present and future. We know this because we have predicted the future using these laws and those predictions were validated
Again, science needs the Law of Uniformity to follow the scientific method. Without this law, it is impossible to infer from past events and what we expect to happen in the future. Scientific theorizing would be impossible. Induction relies upon Uniformity. And Uniformity has served us well.
If you don’t believe in the Law of Uniformity, how can you rely on scientific experimentation? If the future does NOT look like the past, than experimentation is pointless as each experiment is subject to change. If there is no Law of Uniformity, how do we know what is true; what is logical?
Users of the Law of Uniformity include evolutionist. But evolutionists are significant deniers of the Law of Uniformity as well.
Question:
Is Evolution A Theory? Do the properties of Evolution agree with those properties we find in the Laws of Nature? Specifically, the Law of Uniformity.
Given:
The Law of Uniformity has demonstrated that we can rely on past experiments to predict future experiments. Our buildings, bridges, water systems, and airplanes are designed using the Law of Uniformity as foundational. In particular, the things observed in the past will hold for the present and future as well.
I can start my car because of the Law of Uniformity. Homeland Security can rely on its security machines because of the Law of Uniformity.
Conflict:
Is Evolution a Theory? No. The theory of evolution violates the Law of Uniformity in the following areas:
- If there was nothing before the big bang, there should be nothing now. Where did space-time come from?
- If there is only inorganic matter on earth as it cooled, there should be only inorganic matter after it cooled. Where did organic matter come from?
- If there is no DNA to start life, there should be no DNA a million years later. Where did DNA come from?
Conclusion:
Is Evolution A Theory? By definition, evolution cannot be a theory.
The theory of evolution depends on the universe not being uniform but changing in the areas of matter creation, energy creation, space-time creation, chemistry creation, stars creation, galaxy creation, life creation, and species creation. These changes (without some outside force making these changes) violate the Law of Uniformity.
In Uniformity, the past and future are consistent with the Law of Nature. We must discard the theory of evolution because it is not compatible with the Laws of Nature.
Harry’s Engineering Logic Check:
As I anticipate my design work tomorrow, I can rely on the Law of Uniformity. Traffic signals, lift stations, water tanks, structural steel, etc. will operate under the same laws and engineering principles as they did when I was at Louisiana Tech University.