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A theory is an educated guess, which does not make it "fundamentally right". For a theory to be scientific, it needs to be falsifiable. Is it and in what way?

bduerst 9y ago
A hypothesis is an educated guess. A scientific theory is a substantiated, unified explanation of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence. You're splitting hairs on semantics to hold onto your untenable position that evolution is not scientific.
banku_brougham 9y ago
I'll be impolite and say you don't know what you are talking about. And I will not wiki 'theory' for you.
- Ngunyan 9y ago
  I take no offense. People feel threatened if their deep held beliefs (or beliefs they are invested in) are questioned.
  - banku_brougham 9y ago
    You imply equivalence between beliefs and science. No more needs to be said here.
yongjik 9y ago
Every aspect of the theory of evolution is falsifiable. To falsify "Non-avian dinosaurs perished at the end of the Mesozoic Era", you just have to find a dinosaur fossil from a later era. Of course, even if we found a perfectly preserved fossil of a T-Rex from two million years ago, it likely won't falsify the whole theory of evolution, because there are simply too many evidences for that. It would be like saying "We found evidences that George Washington did not in fact die in 1799! The whole theory of the American Revolution is now in question, and the Aliens-did-it theory should be considered as good as the mainstream version!"
merouan 9y ago
Strongly recommend you read Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth" (https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594795/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505857089&sr=8-1&keywords=the+greatest+show+on+earth https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolutio...) and come back to tell us what you think :)
busyant 9y ago
Do you believe in bacteria acquiring antibiotic resistance? Do you believe in mutation?

bduerst 9y ago

A hypothesis is an educated guess. A scientific theory is a substantiated, unified explanation of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence. You're splitting hairs on semantics to hold onto your untenable position that evolution is not scientific.

banku_brougham 9y ago

I'll be impolite and say you don't know what you are talking about. And I will not wiki 'theory' for you.

Ngunyan 9y ago
I take no offense. People feel threatened if their deep held beliefs (or beliefs they are invested in) are questioned.
- banku_brougham 9y ago
  You imply equivalence between beliefs and science. No more needs to be said here.

yongjik 9y ago

Every aspect of the theory of evolution is falsifiable. To falsify "Non-avian dinosaurs perished at the end of the Mesozoic Era", you just have to find a dinosaur fossil from a later era. Of course, even if we found a perfectly preserved fossil of a T-Rex from two million years ago, it likely won't falsify the whole theory of evolution, because there are simply too many evidences for that. It would be like saying "We found evidences that George Washington did not in fact die in 1799! The whole theory of the American Revolution is now in question, and the Aliens-did-it theory should be considered as good as the mainstream version!"

merouan 9y ago

Strongly recommend you read Dawkins' "The Greatest Show on Earth" (https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594795/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505857089&sr=8-1&keywords=the+greatest+show+on+earth https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolutio...) and come back to tell us what you think :)

busyant 9y ago

Do you believe in bacteria acquiring antibiotic resistance? Do you believe in mutation?