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Frownland 08-05-2016 12:45 AM

What would disprove evolution?
 
I'll start off by saying that I quite firmly think that evolution is as reasonable and true as gravitational theorem. It's just an interesting thought that I had today that's spurred a lot of thought.

Imagine that there was a paradigm shift in science brought on by some very strong evidence that couldn't really be denied. What evidence do you think could even disprove the theory in this hypothetical scenario?

OccultHawk 08-05-2016 04:09 AM

First there would have to have proof of a God creator. It would have be tested and replicated by the scientific method then confirmed by peer review with a near universal acceptance that yes science has confirmed the existance of God. Then it would have to be established by the same rigorous procedure that God did in fact make the universe as is and implanted mountains of evidence that life and the universe developed and changed over time. Like maybe they could do experiments where God creates alternate universes and then switches them back to this universe and again it would have to be replicable and peer reviewed.

Chula Vista 08-05-2016 09:06 AM

A really intense LSD trip.

http://xfilexplore.com/wp-content/up...p-sea-fish.jpg

Frownland 08-05-2016 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 1726574)
First there would have to have proof of a God creator. It would have be tested and replicated by the scientific method then confirmed by peer review with a near universal acceptance that yes science has confirmed the existance of God. Then it would have to be established by the same rigorous procedure that God did in fact make the universe as is and implanted mountains of evidence that life and the universe developed and changed over time. Like maybe they could do experiments where God creates alternate universes and then switches them back to this universe and again it would have to be replicable and peer reviewed.

That's one way, yep. I think it'd be more interesting if we conceived something outside of the two established sides though.

Chula Vista 08-05-2016 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1726632)
I think it'd be more interesting if we conceived something outside of the two established sides though.

Did you not see the picture that I posted? That's an actual animal living in the deepest depths of the oceans. Why the **** would a GOD create THAT?

Janszoon 08-05-2016 12:05 PM

I would show people the Bible and say, "God says so!"

Frownland 08-05-2016 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1726646)
Did you not see the picture that I posted? That's an actual animal living in the deepest depths of the oceans. Why the **** would a GOD create THAT?

Granted that your personal disgust disproves the existence of God, how would it disprove evolution? I wanted to talk about things that weren't God that also probably don't exist.

Remember, the question isn't why doesn't evolution exist or why you think creationism is false, but rather what is something that could disprove it were we to discover it or see it in the big picture through some new kind of lens. The God thing has been pretty ineffective so far imo, so any other ideas?

OccultHawk 08-05-2016 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1726632)
That's one way, yep. I think it'd be more interesting if we conceived something outside of the two established sides though.


Well

Since evolution is definitely irrefutably true it's pretty hard to come up with a reason it could proven false within reasonable parameters.

It's like asking how could I prove that I'm ten feet tall.

By becoming ten feet tall and having myself measured?

What else can you say?

Evolution is the backbone of biology. Your question is on par with how could we prove that there's no life to study. And in fact, I think that would be an easier task.

Frownland 08-05-2016 12:16 PM

Well that's the idea. It's a thought experiment.

OccultHawk 08-05-2016 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1726656)
Granted that your personal disgust disproves the existence of God, how would it disprove evolution? I wanted to talk about things that weren't God that also probably don't exist.

Remember, the question isn't why doesn't evolution exist or why you think creationism is false, but rather what is something that could disprove it were we to discover it or see it in the big picture through some new kind of lens. The God thing has been pretty ineffective so far imo, so any other ideas?

We could discover life on two separate planets. One that has only formed 50 years ago and one that is 7 billion years old and they had all the exact same biological species. And there's no way the older planet could have seeded the younger one.


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