The Devil May Not Be in the Details -- But the Truth Is

It's common to hear evolution presented as a nearly impregnable theory. All you have to do is praise science with its undoubted merits, then slip in a quick statement about how evolution is accepted by scientists. Bingo! But science has a method, and it has limits, and those facts get elided when evolution is praised this way.

In an article at The Conversation, "What exactly is the scientific method and why do so many people get it wrong?",Peter Ellerton, lecturer at the University of Queen...