What possible evidence could falsify the biological theory of evolution?
Life seems to violate the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics if Earth, Moon, Sun, are considered a closed system. This suggests that something is wrong. If no means can be found to show that the therory of evolution is open to falsibility then it is not a scientific theory. It would be nothing more than a belief – no matter how much evidence is found to support the theory. This is a basic requirment of any theory that’s accepted as scientific – it MUST be open to be shown to be false.
Evolution is a fact. The scientific theory that explains evolution is natural selection. If you think that special creation is a viable alternative, then one example of evidence that could refute natural selection would be a creator openly, directly, and unambiguously asserting intellectual property rights.
In this day and time people tend to believe what they want to believe no matter what the supporting evidence, or lack of evidence. In the good old days you believed what was available! Not much sometimes. People seem to believe who they like or are most influenced by. Chuck Manson for example. Richard Nixon. George of the White House. The aliens who inseminated something here or brought us here to begin with, return to see how we are doing…or to offer condolences and apologies.
I’ve been away for quite a while, but have had time to think further on this question. We have discussed faith and knowledge. It seems that Magenta and i are quite close our definitions. Magenta accepts things as fact that he has not experienced because he has faith in others’ reporting of these things. The far side of the moon is a good example. I also accept this as fact, but we both have a degree of faith in accepting it. It’s reasonable and we trust others who claim to have been there. The evidence is great enough that faith and knowledge in this case are nearly identical. This leads me to another question: We know that faith can change. We can learn that some belief, no matter how cherished, might be wrong and so our belief (faith) changes. Can knowledge change? If you know something can you acquire knowledge that will contradict your previous knowledge? The answer to this question has real bearing on the main question of this thread.
