The Testability Double Standard

Episode 23 • August 16, 2006 • 00:04:11
The Testability Double Standard
Intelligent Design the Future
The Testability Double Standard

Aug 16 2006 | 00:04:11

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Show Notes

When ID skeptics object to the claim that the universe was designed based upon the highly improbable fine tuning of the universe, they often invoke multiple universes, a concept that is not testable. Yet testability is often invoked as a demarcation criteria that excludes intelligent design from science. In this podcast Casey Luskin takes us through the pages of a science journal to show the double standard applied to intelligent design.

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