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Science is "always changing"

Science is sometimes criticised as "always changing". The idea is that if it needed to be corrected it must have been wrong; therefore as "ever-changing science", it is probably still wrong. Science, however, homes in on truth by constant correction and refinement: it approaches truth asymptotically. This is a powerful truth-seeking technique, seen, for example, in hill-climbing algorithms. The simple claim that science is "always wrong" is a misrepresentation.

An example is found in the peroration that concludes the "Genesis Foundations" series published during 2015 by The Christadelphian Magazine:

The position of this magazine is unchanged by current evolutionary thinking. In faith we accept the account of Genesis, that God created the heavens and the earth. Adam was formed from the dust and Eve was made from one of his ribs. Adam’s decision to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in disobedience resulted in the introduction of death, and only the atoning work of the Lord Jesus provides a remedy to its effects. Where the inspired word appears to be at odds with current thinking, our position is to place trust in scripture and not give the benefit of the doubt to the current (and ever-changing) ‘wisdom’ of science.

— Andrew Bramhill (on behalf of the Committee of the CMPA), The Christadelphian Magazine, December 2015