How would you Falsify macro-evolution?

Question

All scientific research starts with a hypothesis. This hypothesis must have observable evidence which supports it. Predictions are then made from the hypothesis. Then observations and experiments are used to test to see if the predictions confirm, or falsify the hypothesis. After a lot of testing - when all observations and tests confirm the hypothesis and there is no irrefutable evidence against it - then the hypothesis becomes a workable theory. If the evidence which confirms the hypothesis is an indisputable fact - then the theory becomes a law of science. Like the law of entropy, gravity, and biogenesis. Now how would you test Darwinian evolution to determine if it is a fact or a myth? What facts prove macro Darwinian evolution? Finally, since micro-evolution or pre-programmed genetic variations, is not the same as marco-evolution; micro-evolution cannot be used as proof.

Answer 1

Well if you found a fossil of a trilobite and a dinosaur in the same rock formation that would be a good start.

Answer 2

Let's shoot down your false statements first.

Theories do not promote to laws. The Law of Universal Gravitation is a hypothesis that Newton assumed true as he formulated the Theory of Gravity. Both were confirmed by later observations.

Micro-evolution cannot be distinguished from macro-evolution mechanistically. De novo genetic mutations have been observed, so the pre-programmed assertion is untrue.

Now to show two independent falsifiable hypotheses:

Falsifiable hypothesis #1: Modern life formed by diversification and modification of previous life, so individual fossils with features of two or more living groups should be present.

Numerous transitional fossils have been found.

Falsifiable hypothesis #2: The arrangement of genes and the degree of variation within genes should vary with the relatedness of organisms.

It does, and non-structural genes (e.g. digestive enzymes) vary as structural genes do, so the confirmation of anatomic evidence by molecular evidence is independent.

Answer 3

Imagine someone asking the same question about the heliocentric theory or the theory of gravity. "The theory of gravity must be falsifiable. So how do I go about disproving it?" It gets to a point where a theory, despite being falsifiable, can no longer be credibly denied. Gravity, heliocentrism, and evolution all fall into that category now.

Even if someone did demonstrate the existence of some other process, the worst it could do to evolution is exist alongside of it or in combination with it. Have you ever heard the notion that there is a quantum probability of an orange turning into an apple? Creationists are like the people who would base their whole livelihood on turning oranges into apples and just sitting around watching them and praying until they do.

In either case, don't hold your breath. BTW, I believe the odds of an orange turning into an apple are greater than the odds of evolution being wrong.

Answer 4

Easily. You simply take a bunch of a single kind of animal (one that breeds quickly, to get fast results), separate it into two groups, then selectively kill members of one group according to one criterion, and kill members of the other group according to an opposite criterion.

For example, you might choose size, and repeatedly kill the smallest members of group A, while repeatedly killing the largest members of group B.

After enough generations had passed, the first group would no longer be able to breed with the second group, and neither group would be able to breed with original species you took the animals from. Their DNA would have grown too different. They would now be two new, different species.

Micro- and macro-evolution are the same thing, just to different degrees. Micro-evolution would cause fluctuations in the size of the animals, but when you artificially select for these fluctuations long enough, they become the norm. After enough new cases become the norm, the group is too different to breed with the larger population. It is now a new species, hence macro-evolution has occurred.

Answer 5

. 'Evolution' is an observation, not a quantifiable fact. We'll never quit observing [well, not in the next 100 yrs] evolution, past and present. It'll remain a theory.
Therefore, you can't come to a 'conclusion' where you can state something as a Fact. ... or 'law'.
As for falsifying a theory, sure it can be done, and will be, because some people want the 'credit' for proving something. Human nature . .

Answer 6

If evolution was falsified (actually it's been proved true already, but since that's not why you're asking) then I would know it's not true. That's all. Proof of one theory being false is not proof of the other being true. The other way around, it works, but not like that. Additionally, just in case, I'll ask to not confuse creationism and the existence of god. It is possible to believe in god and accept evolution as true.

Answer 7

You cannot because there have been ov100 observations of new species spontaneously forming, even in highly controlled environments where the species could not have gotten in from the outside. You would falsify it by finding these 100 separate observations and show that each one was part of a large conspiracy and the new species do not really exist and never did.

Also, laws are lower than theories in terms of truth value in science. A law is often not true, it is a rule of thumb for scientists.

Answer 8

The fossil record abundantly shows that life forms have changed with time.
There is not a real difference between micro and macro evolution - only in scale.
Check out the site below for more proof.

Answer 9

Personally, I wouldn't try to disprove evolution (I have never heard of the term "falsify" in Science) The first thing you would have to do is to get three Science Degrees: a BS, an MS and a PhD, concentrating in evolution (Biology and/or Geology). The second thing to do is to spend the rest of your life finding evidence that disproves evolution. As a side note, you will never prove evolution to be a "myth" as that term is used for ancient religious beliefs.

Answer 10

Evolution happens over timescales humanity can't work with. So humanity can't prove or disprove it and it has to remain a theory, albeit the best explanation we have so most likely true