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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Just a question. I assume human evolution from a single cell organism can be proved 100% correct?
If so, can you post a link - unless things have changed since I was in Uni, its still only a theory and cant 100% be proved.
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Originally Posted by C_Rush
The only problem I encounter is when evolutionists state a theory for the origins of the universe as fact that cannot be tested or proven anymore than creationism can.
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I know troutman and photon already answered these posts, but I want to re-iterate this again, since this is a very common misconception that appears in
every science/religion thread.
"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong."
-Albert Einstein
Nothing in science can ever be proved 100% correct. Rather, the scientific method is to make observations, propose a hypothesis, perform experiments, then develop a theory or model to support the observed evidence and experiments. If new evidence contradicts an existing theory, then that theory is either discarded or modified, and the process begins anew. For example, Isaac Newton developed formulas and calculations concerning the theory of gravity in his
Principia Mathematica, but Einstein's theory of general relativity discards them in favour of a new, more complex model (although Newton's theories will still provide accurate results for most calculations; relativity only supplants them when dealing with very massive bodies such as black holes or objects moving at speeds near that of light).
As for C_Rush's assertion that evolution cannot be tested, that's simply not true. The theory of evolution has withstood the rigours of the scientific method, experimentation, and peer review for over 170 years. It's certainly been modified and revised since Darwin's time (particularly when genetic theory was developed in the 1950s and 60s), but the general concept that all living creatures on Earth evolved from simpler organizations through genetic mutation is a virtual certainty.