Falsification and History of Evolution Theory

Well, I'd be careful. You'll pardon me if I assume you're a creationist - your name is kind of a giveaway - and that your motivation here is to show us evolutionists "the error of our ways."Without trying to sound ominous or threatening, you need to understand that the theory of evolution has a considerable evidentiary basis; it's possibly the best-supported theory in science, and has been continually challenged since Darwin first formulated what could be considered the scientific model of evolution. Some of those challengers have held Ph.D.'s in biology or biochemistry (most of them have not); all of them have had arguments they thought were devastating.But the theory still stands. If you hope to challenge it, you're going to need far more than a "basic understanding." You're going to need a doctorate in biology to even have a hope of finding evolution's "flaw"; which would have to be a flaw that had managed to elude literally thousands of biologists, biochemists, and other scientists, not to mention the countless numbers of wingnut creationists.It's not my intention here to degrade you or call you stupid. It is truly my hope that your motivation to oppose evolution will lead you to study it in considerable depth, and to ask questions that you feel will make us uncomfortable. The reason that I have this hope is that the more you study the theory, the more likely you are to be convinced of its accuracy, because you will encounter the mountains of evidence upon which evolution is based.

Wow Crash! You are being so nice. Is the moon full? Is this a new kinder gentler CrashFrog?

Thanks for your honesty crash. But my intentions here are to learn. I don't know a lot about evolution, well I should say, alternate theories on the origins of life...I try to ask the questions that will get me answers as quick and straightfoward as possible, which tends to make people say, "Look dude, there's a lot more to it than this." So they usually end up giving me resources to look into for myself.I've just looked into it enough to "satisfy" my curiosity in the past, but it's not enough now. Sounds like I have a lot of research to do. -Justin

No, this is the same ol' Crashfrog.I only come down like a ton of bricks when the creationists roll in guns blazing. But all Creationistal has done is ask questions, and he's hardly done anything but be respectful. So why would I treat him any differently?

Anyone know of any historical attempts ("done wrong" I would presume) along Robert's lines that I might be able to look up and read?thanx
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