CumminsL No, that's a bad example because you're not using an empirical
example,
you're using your own interpretation of circumstantial evidence as an
example.
Pim: Not at all, one can observe how evolutionary processes create
complexity. For instance the change from single cellular to multicellular
organisms.
Ami: As sound as the theory of evolution is, isn't it still a theory?
The theory is, the fact isn't.
Ami: The ability of things to evolve naturally, step by step, from simple to complex
is a prediction of evolution.
I disagree, there is no prediction or necessity in evolution to increase complexity.
Ami: Therefore, to invoke the predictions of the theory itself to prove the theory is a bit circular, isn't it?
Likely but that is not the case here.