Potential falsifications of the theory of evolution

This little packet appears all over the place, as the qualities that a valid theory should have.It should have:
1) testable hypotheses
2) confirming evidence
3) potential falsificationsI would be interested in exploring the potential falsifications part of this trio. Since I can honestly disavow having previously posted same trio, I leave it to one of the others of the evolution side, to supply some potential falsifications.Moose------------------
BS degree, geology, '83
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Old Earth evolution - Yes
Godly creation - Maybe

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Originally posted by KingPenguin:
its not the same theory if you keep changing it whenever its proven wrong just so its right. thats such a cop out. if your wrong admit it, dont just change things and explain it away.

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See, that's the way science works! If the evidence contradicts your theory, you must determine why. Either the evidence is bad, or part or all of the theory is bad.If part or all of the theory is bad, then it must be modified or discarded.In a scientific theory, there's always room for improvement!Moose------------------
BS degree, geology, '83
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Old Earth evolution - Yes
Godly creation - Maybe

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Actually, you need only to demonstrate the refutation of a single example of those we provided. ANY one of them would falsify the ToE. You don’t have to ‘prove every single one of them’.

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Coluld there not be the result of a partial falsification?I've been thinking about the human fossil in the preCambrian senario.If such a thing were found, would it falsify the TOE in it's entirety? Or would it stand to the side as an unexplained annomaly?Would it mearly put a really big dent in the TOE?After all, there still would be a massive amount of valid scientific support for the TOE.Moose------------------
BS degree, geology, '83
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Old Earth evolution - Yes
Godly creation - Maybe

How to Disprove Evolution? at "The Panda's Thumb".Much of what was mentioned there was mentioned upthread here.Yes, this is essentially a "bare link" message. But I thought the "PT" article deserved flagging, and this topic seemed to be the place to do it.Moose

Your call out for valid falsifying evidence from the creation side is absurd - You know it's not going to happen.Down through the theory of evolution history there have been additions and other modifications to the theory. When some detail is found to be lacking, the theory must be modified - I would think of this as a minor falsification and a resulting correction.I think is is more interesting and informative to explore potential falsifications, even though we know many to most are never going to actually happen.MooseEdited by Minnemooseus, : Change subtitle.

You can be damn sure that I wasn't probing for real (major) falsifications when I started this topic. I know that such possibilities are very slim at best, and even then, it isn't going to be the creation side that comes up with such.Perhaps the term "hypothetical falsifications" would have been better. As in, "they don't really exist, but hypothetically, what would do the job". Some good examples of such came very early in this topic.I find it totally absurd to ask the creation side for real (not hypothetical) falsifications. Why continuously badger someone for something you know doesn't exist?Moose

The (biological) theory of evolution is the collected best thoughts of how (biological) evolution happened. It is a big, complicated theory made up of many smaller theories.While the falsification of any or all of these theories is possible, the falsification probability is much higher for the the smaller subtheories. At this point in the study of (biological) evolution, while still in concept possible, it is highly unlikely that the "big picture" theory is going to collapse - That "big picture" theory is very strong.I'm not a biologist - Geology is my training. A parallel discussion could be that of the theory of the Earth's age. The ages of various relatively small details of the Earth's geologic history may very well be subject to being found to be wrong, but none of these potential age falsifications are going to have any major impact on the age of the Earth's origin. - Again, the "big picture" theory is very strong.Moose

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Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.

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