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re: The Scientific Establishment Is Finally Starting To Take Intelligent Design Seriously
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:27 am to Flats
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:27 am to Flats
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All life descended from the same single cell organism, for starters.
There are enormous gaps in both our knowledge and the fossil record, but people "know" random mutation/natural selection filled those gaps. That can be tested to a degree depending on evidence, but it can never be falsified.
That’s not true at all. Evolutionary theory could be immediately falsified by even a single discovery in multiple different fields.
For instance, if even one single fossilized organism were found outside of its expected rock strata the entire theory collapses instantaneously.
That’s the thing about foundational concepts in the sciences, they always have to be true all the time without exception or they must be refined or discarded. And for 150 years people have been trying to find just one thing to falsify evolutionary theory and yet it remains as the foundational principle of all the biological sciences.
This post was edited on 5/23/22 at 8:30 am
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Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:41 am to Roger Klarvin
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For instance, if even one single fossilized organism were found outside of its expected rock strata the entire theory collapses instantaneously.
You ignored the first claim. Is it possible to falsify the claim that all life on earth descended from the same single-celled organism, the formation of which we'll conveniently exclude from our all encompassing foundational principle for all biology because we can't explain it. How does one falsify a historical claim that wasn't observed and can't be recreated?
As for the rest, the theory changes all the time to explain whatever we find. Evolution is supposed to be gradual; no, wait, sometimes it's sudden. Well, it's both. Ever hear of "punctuated equilibrium?"
Posted on 5/23/22 at 5:37 pm to Roger Klarvin
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And for 150 years people have been trying to find just one thing to falsify evolutionary theory and yet it remains as the foundational principle of all the biological sciences.
You are wrong in so many ways.
Its called the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Maybe you should read up on it.
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