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Line 215: + + + + − − :Ed, we do see natural selection, antibiotic resistance in bacteria due to genetic mutation. HIV mutation to allow for resistance to binding protein blockers. Sickle cell anemia in locations of the world where malaria is prevalent.--[[User:Tims|TimS]] 14:52, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
→Oh, snap!
Do they dare to say this? Of course not. And they won't let any other conclusions be drawn from their hypothesis. Which is why opponents have branded evolution as [[pseudoscience]]. Pseudoscience, as I pointed out at Wikipedia, refuses to follow the 3nd & 4th steps of the four-part [[scientific method]]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 14:42, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
Do they dare to say this? Of course not. And they won't let any other conclusions be drawn from their hypothesis. Which is why opponents have branded evolution as [[pseudoscience]]. Pseudoscience, as I pointed out at Wikipedia, refuses to follow the 3nd & 4th steps of the four-part [[scientific method]]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 14:42, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
:Ed, we do see natural selection, antibiotic resistance in bacteria due to genetic mutation. HIV mutation to allow for resistance to binding protein blockers. Sickle cell anemia in locations of the world where malaria is prevalent. Vestigial structures in animals and plants. Should I go on?
I agree with PalMD the peppered moth is over blown just because there are so much more to support TOE than a study performed before DNA was understood.--[[User:Tims|TimS]] 14:52, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
*''"Controversial film" would be fine, but adding "documentary" gives undue weight'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle&diff=117274115&oldid=117268479]
*''"Controversial film" would be fine, but adding "documentary" gives undue weight'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle&diff=117274115&oldid=117268479]
Actually, for evolution to be falsifiable (and it is) we must be able to posit a phenomenon that is not explainable by evolution. See my stegasaurus bone example. The peppered moth thing is only one small example, and if another explanation is found that is non-evolutionary, then it taps away at the base of the theory, but alone has not yet destroyed it.--[[User:palmd001|PalMD]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 14:49, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
Actually, for evolution to be falsifiable (and it is) we must be able to posit a phenomenon that is not explainable by evolution. See my stegasaurus bone example. The peppered moth thing is only one small example, and if another explanation is found that is non-evolutionary, then it taps away at the base of the theory, but alone has not yet destroyed it.--[[User:palmd001|PalMD]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 14:49, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
Oh, and for my fellow evolution-believing friends, the whole peppered moth thing might be a bit of an over-broad example. I personally would not use it.--[[User:palmd001|PalMD]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 14:56, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
Oh, and for my fellow evolution-believing friends, the whole peppered moth thing might be a bit of an over-broad example. I personally would not use it.--[[User:palmd001|PalMD]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 14:56, 30 March 2007 (EDT)