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RE: The Theory of Evolution - it's simple. Let's get rid of misunderstandings [Small discussion]

in #evolution • 8 years ago

To put it in simple terms.

  1. gather data.
  2. think about it.
  3. make a wild ass guess that explains the data.(technical term is SWAG...scientific wild ass guess)
  4. Try to disprove the SWAG. All it takes is ONE piece of data to disprove it. If it does then...
  5. back to the drawing board...and start over.

Richard Feinman said...

It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is
It doesn't matter how smart you are,
If it doesn't agree with the experiment.
It's wrong.

SO....if you have data, to disprove Evolution.. the scientific community is EAGER to hear from you.

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     8 years ago 

    You're right. It's tough to say whether it can be scientifically disproven or not. I am NOT part of the scientific community and don't plan on going down that path. My only point was that it's really not even a theory, technically, and there are alternative scientific claims.

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      You are mistaken. It is a definite theory. No one said that there can't be more than one theory.
      Theories are falsifiable...in other words they can be proven WRONG by empirical data ( from an experiment ,so far it hasn't been) but theories can never be proven Right.

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         8 years ago 

        Thanks for the constructive discussion, @everittdmickey,
        I get it, but would disagree that it's scientifically advanced to a theory. Like history, it seems to be one area of science where the criteria for what makes a theory are set aside. Perhaps because the study is necessarily historical in nature? Theoretical appears to be synonymous with hypthetical, in such cases. Unfortunately, both are prone to present the unproven (unprovable?) as fact.
        If it was a theory, what is the testing and observation? Nobody has ever witnessed a species turn into a different species. Can it fulfill both of these? I consider these to be rhetorical questions, but perhaps you have information I'm unaware of.

        -Scientific theories are well-established and highly-reliable explanations that have been verified multiple times by repeated testing and have a great deal of empirical evidence that confirm them as valid. -Scientific theories are capable of being tested by many different scientists working independently of each other.
        Yeah, there are often several working theories on a given topic. Until testing is conclusive, it's not. :)
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           8 years ago 

          nesting limit reached...I'm replying uphere..
          a theory is a SWAG (scientific wild assed guess...some times called a hypothesis) that has NOT been shot out of the saddle yet..Theory is exactly the same as hypothetical. All , so called, theories are OLD SWAGS.

          NO theory can be proved. that's not how it works. Theories can ONLY be disproved. ALL theories are on probation until they are DIS proved.

          Evolution says...descent with modification. It says nothing about speciation.
          That has been observed...dogs for example...or corn.

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