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Of course evolution is falsifiable, as are falsifiable the big bang theory and the iron kernel theory. To falsify a theory does not require to reproduce it in
by rixed 3y ago
Of course evolution is falsifiable, as are falsifiable the big bang theory and the iron kernel theory.
To falsify a theory does not require to reproduce it in a lab. It means that the theory predicts something that you can actually observe, or not observe and thus disprove it.
For instance, we can falsify the theory like this: let's grow bacteria and subject them to some poisonous chemical. The theory predicts that, after many generations, if the colony survive then it should become resistant to that poison.
Here is an example of a theory that is not falsifiable: after they die, people's souls go to a place that is impossible to observe when you are alive.
Falsifiability is about "impossible to observe", not about repeatability.