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They didn't say "falsifiable", they said "falsified" -- their word usage was correct: something the is Xifiable can be Xified. "falsified" does indeed mean "pro

by jibal 3y ago

They didn't say "falsifiable", they said "falsified" -- their word usage was correct: something the is Xifiable can be Xified. "falsified" does indeed mean "proven wrong" -- check your dictionary. (However, they are not correct that the theory of common descent has been falsified. And I have no idea what "Jesus is King" even means, nor is it relevant.)

jibal 3y ago
P.S. "The idea that there is a tree of sexual reproduction that can attribute for the current variation in genetic material has been disproven." No, it hasn't, and existence of horizontal gene transfer is not relevant to that erroneous claim.
- jakear 3y ago
  If you want to actually argue you should make an actual argument. The existence of plasmids proves my point, you've supplied no evidence for yours.
koliber 3y ago
You're right. I've never come across such usage of "falsified".
- jibal 3y ago
  It's quite common is discussions of falsifiability, e.g., https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-idea-that-a-scientific-theory-can-be-falsified-is-a-myth/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-idea-that-a-s... , https://explorable.com/falsifiability https://explorable.com/falsifiability , https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/2021/07/31/what-does-it-mean-for-science-to-be-falsifiable/ https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/2021/07/31/what-does-it-mean-for-s... , https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/falsifiability https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/falsif... , http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2014/03/falsifiable-and-falsification-in-science.html http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2014/03/falsifiable... , etc.
jakear 3y ago
The idea that there is a tree of sexual reproduction that can attribute for the current variation in genetic material has been disproven. That's where "horizontal gene transfer" theories come in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer

by jibal 3y ago

jibal 3y ago

P.S. "The idea that there is a tree of sexual reproduction that can attribute for the current variation in genetic material has been disproven." No, it hasn't, and existence of horizontal gene transfer is not relevant to that erroneous claim.

jakear 3y ago
If you want to actually argue you should make an actual argument. The existence of plasmids proves my point, you've supplied no evidence for yours.

koliber 3y ago

You're right. I've never come across such usage of "falsified".

jibal 3y ago
It's quite common is discussions of falsifiability, e.g., https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-idea-that-a-scientific-theory-can-be-falsified-is-a-myth/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-idea-that-a-s... , https://explorable.com/falsifiability https://explorable.com/falsifiability , https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/2021/07/31/what-does-it-mean-for-science-to-be-falsifiable/ https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/2021/07/31/what-does-it-mean-for-s... , https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/falsifiability https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/falsif... , http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2014/03/falsifiable-and-falsification-in-science.html http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2014/03/falsifiable... , etc.

jakear 3y ago

The idea that there is a tree of sexual reproduction that can attribute for the current variation in genetic material has been disproven. That's where "horizontal gene transfer" theories come in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer