Is the theory of evolution by random chances not a fable?

Question

EVOLUTION: “Bacteria are the ancestors of Blue Whales.”(Blind Faith)
CREATION: “Bacteria can only produce bacteria” (Genetics)

Carl Popper said that theory of evolution is not falsifiable, therefore not science. That is why biologists themselves call it Biophilosophy, unprovable by scientific methods.

Carl Popper was a British outstanding philosopher of science.

Answer 1

well, I believe its is a fable, but if you want to accept it, call it what it is, a religion, not science...

some good sites on the issue:
http://drdino.com
http://answersingenesis.com

or look up under google videos for kent hovind for some good videos

Answer 2

Carl Popper is WRONG about Theory of Evolution being not falsifiable. If we were to discover the fossil remains of a modern dog in the Jurassic Period, then that would irrevocably prove Evolution wrong. But we haven't found anything close to that. All fossil discovered have demonstrated that there are progressional changes over time, even if sometimes the changes may seem abrupt.

BTW, it is true that all life on Earth are the descendents of bacterial life forms. That's why we are composed of individual cells. The ancient cellular life forms eventually came together to form colonies, and the colonies became over billions of years more and more complex, eventually leading to specialized organs and limbs, etc.

I am glad to see that some of the other responders to this question are quite informed and knowledgeable of this particular subject matter. It upsets me to know that there are so many people out there who lack the proper understanding of the scientific method, misuse/misquote many published works of science or philosophy due to their ignorance and unwillingness to accept the truth because it will shatter their fragile little world build to shelter their inner insecurities.

BTW, "Blind Faith" is what most religious people practice. For some reason, they think it is admirable or even desirable to abandon logic and reason and be ignorant, and to squander the greatiest gift of all (from God), intelligence. Scientists practice "Informed Faith". If God created the Universe, then we should explore and understand it for what it really is. The Universe is here for all to seek and discover, not in some 2000 year old text. Did you know that according to Genesis, God didn't create the Sun until the fourth "day". So what does a "day" mean during the time of Genesis?

Answer 3

The theory of evolution IS falsifiable. Many have tried, but none have succeeded (yet).
The whole point behind science is coming up with an idea and supporting it- if it doesn't work, then it's thrown out; if it works, then it is kept around until something disproves it later. Science is continually trying to shoot down it's own ideas.

Answer 4

I don't know how could it be there's a man who still believes just on theory, they have done a large experiment for the truth, some bacterias have the same DNA with the blue whales. With the uncertain seasons and weathers, the morphology, structure and etc were able to change.
I'm not to do racism, but have you seen aborigin people, their faces more like monkey than Asian, because there was some differences such weathers, etc.

Answer 5

Ahhh yes, but I still must apply Occams razor. If there is no evolution then I must imagine a moment of creation in which all of these myriad species suddenly come into existence simultaneously.

Since that is not easy to explain, I'll stick to the more logical explanation, and that remains the gradual change of species over huge amounts of time.

We call it evolution.

Til someone comes up with something that doesn't require my belief if godlike magic, I'll stick to this theory.

Answer 6

What makes you think that evolution is about random chance? The *essence* of evolutionary theory is natural selection: that the environment selects those mutations that do better in that environment. This is not a random process. The mutations are random, but survival is far from it.

How do creationist explain the fact that mitochondria (which are organelles inside of plant and animal cells) have their own DNA and that DNA is structured like that of bacteria, not that of plants and animals.

Popper also admitted he was wrong in his initial assessments of evolutionary theory.

Answer 7

Well, according to this news article, evolution is not a fable.

In today's (July 13, 2006) Yahoo news:

WASHINGTON - Finches on the Galapagos Islands that inspired Charles Darwin to develop the concept of evolution are now helping confirm it — by evolving.

A medium sized species of Darwin's finch has evolved a smaller beak to take advantage of different seeds just two decades after the arrival of a larger rival for its original food source.

The altered beak size shows that species competing for food can undergo evolutionary change, said Peter Grant of Princeton University, lead author of the report appearing in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

Full article here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060714/ap_on_sc/darwin_evolution;_ylt=AjU_KzQuXYF_QGqmXdMVCAWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MzV0MTdmBHNlYwM3NTM-

Blind faith is when you believe something that cannot be scientifically substantiated.

Answer 8

Evolution simplified: it is survival of those who can adapt to their environment and reproduce the fastest, not necessarily the “fittest”. Lord knows I could use some “fitter” parts.

BTW you are a product of evolution. You are parts of your parents, both good and bad. But, you are not the same as your ancestors 2,000, 3,000 or 5, 000 years ago. Genetics is short term, evolution is change over time.

BTW: For those looking for “transitional” fossils, how would we recognize them? Truth is, all fossils are transitional. We are transitional. Take a paleontology course sometime, if you are brave enough.

Answer 9

Evolution is falsifiable. All it would take is finding a rabbit skeleton in jurassic strata, or human footprints mixed in with dinosaur trackways or any number of anachronisms. Such things have not been found, and it is highly unlikely that they will ever be found.

Unfortunately this question is an example of the lies, selective or inaccurate quotation and misrepresentation typical of creationists.

Answer 10

Also, gravity is geophilosophy.