". . . the farther one goes up the scale toward the more general end,
the harder it is to falsify the relevant scientific theory. In fact,
some scientific research programs like physicalism or a committment to
absolutism regarding space and time are virtually impossible to
falsify, for one can always readjust them, often in appropriate ways,
to avoid falsification. Put another way, broad scientific research
programs approach the status of general world views. Now, world
views can be falsified in principle, at least some of them can
(if the resurrection of Jesus is falsified then Christian theism
is false), but doing so is very difficult because their epistemic
support is so multifaceted." (p. 34)
ID theory and macro-evolutionism are both metaphysical faith-
systems, and neither is going to be simply falsified. But since
falsification cannot be proven to be a necessary and sufficient
condition of scientific rationality, the "unfalsifiabilty" of
ID theory does not undermine its theoretical value.
Dennis