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Where are the hordes of other scientists trying to prove Darwinism false?

JamisonM 14y ago
I think those hordes assembled in the 1860's, I do not know what the half-life of a disproving scientist horde is but I suspect they have dispersed in disappointment quite some time ago.
tokenadult 14y ago
Where are the hordes of other scientists trying to prove Darwinism false? I hope they are reading the prior literature on the science of evolution, for example as assembled in the "29+ Evidences for Macroevolution: The Scientific Case for Common Descent," http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/ http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/ so that they understand what "Darwinism" is today after 150 years of scientists checking facts and refining the understanding of the origin of species. Alas, there are still spectacular examples of people who purport to be scientists who disagree with Darwin http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/21/creationist-fud-refuted/ http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/21/creationist-fu... who totally misunderstand what Darwin meant and what evidence has turned up in more recent generations to refine our understanding of evolution.
- username3 14y ago
  I hope they are reading the critiques, but as your comment proves, scientists trying to prove Darwinism false are just people purporting to be scientists. https://www.google.com/search?q=29%2B+Evidences+for+Macroevolution https://www.google.com/search?q=29%2B+Evidences+for+Macroevo... e.g., A Critique of Douglas Theobald’s “29 Evidences For Macroevolution” http://www.trueorigin.org/theobald1a.asp http://www.trueorigin.org/theobald1a.asp
natep 14y ago
Did you know that Darwin wrote 6 additional editions of Origin of Species [1] to address his critics? That there are many possible ways to disprove evolution by natural selection [2]? [1] http://darwin-online.org.uk/contents.html http://darwin-online.org.uk/contents.html [2] Finding a species that won't fit in any taxonomy, a dog giving birth to a non-dog, finding a fossil in the wrong layer, etc.
snowwrestler 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_eclipse_of_Darwinism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_eclipse_of_Darwinism
- pjscott 14y ago
  Which was, thankfully, followed by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_evolutionary_synthesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_evolutionary_synthesis
gjm11 14y ago
In the same place as the hordes of other scientists trying to prove Einsteinism false: in the history books. (No, real scientists don't call it Einsteinism, they call it relativity. Real scientists tend to say "evolution" or "natural selection" rather than Darwinism, too.)
- username3 14y ago
  https://www.google.com/search?q=darwinism https://www.google.com/search?q=darwinism in the United Kingdom the term has no negative connotations, being freely used as a short hand for the body of theory dealing with evolution, and in particular, evolution by natural selection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism
  - gjm11 14y ago
    Even here in the UK, "evolution" seems to me distinctly more common than "Darwinism".

I think those hordes assembled in the 1860's, I do not know what the half-life of a disproving scientist horde is but I suspect they have dispersed in disappointment quite some time ago.

tokenadult 14y ago

Where are the hordes of other scientists trying to prove Darwinism false? I hope they are reading the prior literature on the science of evolution, for example as assembled in the "29+ Evidences for Macroevolution: The Scientific Case for Common Descent," http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/ http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/ so that they understand what "Darwinism" is today after 150 years of scientists checking facts and refining the understanding of the origin of species. Alas, there are still spectacular examples of people who purport to be scientists who disagree with Darwin http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/21/creationist-fud-refuted/ http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/21/creationist-fu... who totally misunderstand what Darwin meant and what evidence has turned up in more recent generations to refine our understanding of evolution.

username3 14y ago
I hope they are reading the critiques, but as your comment proves, scientists trying to prove Darwinism false are just people purporting to be scientists. https://www.google.com/search?q=29%2B+Evidences+for+Macroevolution https://www.google.com/search?q=29%2B+Evidences+for+Macroevo... e.g., A Critique of Douglas Theobald’s “29 Evidences For Macroevolution” http://www.trueorigin.org/theobald1a.asp http://www.trueorigin.org/theobald1a.asp

natep 14y ago

Did you know that Darwin wrote 6 additional editions of Origin of Species [1] to address his critics? That there are many possible ways to disprove evolution by natural selection [2]? [1] http://darwin-online.org.uk/contents.html http://darwin-online.org.uk/contents.html [2] Finding a species that won't fit in any taxonomy, a dog giving birth to a non-dog, finding a fossil in the wrong layer, etc.

snowwrestler 14y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_eclipse_of_Darwinism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_eclipse_of_Darwinism

pjscott 14y ago
Which was, thankfully, followed by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_evolutionary_synthesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_evolutionary_synthesis

gjm11 14y ago

In the same place as the hordes of other scientists trying to prove Einsteinism false: in the history books. (No, real scientists don't call it Einsteinism, they call it relativity. Real scientists tend to say "evolution" or "natural selection" rather than Darwinism, too.)

username3 14y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=darwinism https://www.google.com/search?q=darwinism in the United Kingdom the term has no negative connotations, being freely used as a short hand for the body of theory dealing with evolution, and in particular, evolution by natural selection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism
- gjm11 14y ago
  Even here in the UK, "evolution" seems to me distinctly more common than "Darwinism".