Re: Falsifiability (was Testing Darwinism, part 2)

Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Sun, 19 Nov 1995 20:00:46 -0600

I thank Walter for responding to my queries, and I have one more.
Concerning the issue of whether evolution is falsifiable, he points out that,
>The "tests" offered by evolutionists are phony. They sound like a test, but
>don't deliver. Typically they allow that you can "refute" one pet
>evolutionary theory by demonstrating some other evolutionary mechanism. In
>other words, "refute" one evolutionary by proving another.
>
>Or they shift the test to some other microscopic issue, whose outcome would
>not refute macroevolution. In that case it has nothing to lose.
>Macroevolution, the molecules-to-man transformation, has huge implications.
>Yet when it comes to testing, Macroevolution says, "Go box with my little
>brother Microevolution!"

Would it be fair to say, Walter, that the problem with testing natural
selection is that even if it were true, it can't be seen or recreated in the
laboratory? Then, because of this problem, evolutionists resort to "tests"
that are not logical when examined closely?

Steve
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