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To: stremba
OK, if you want to split hairs, I will modify my statement to "If you find an organism ON EARTH that does not have nucleic acids as its genetic material, then evolution is false." Better?

No, it's not. Your test of falsifiability is not credible.

401 posted on 11/29/2004 11:13:46 AM PST by Woahhs (America is an idea, not an address.)
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To: Woahhs

Why, do you seriously believe that if we found an earthly organism which had its genetics based on silicon oxides, that this organism is descended from a common ancestor as all the other life on earth? I would contend that an earthly organism with a silicon oxide based genetic material would be conclusive proof that evolution is false. I am not contending that such an organism will ever be found; that is not what is necessary for a theory to be falsifiable. It is only necessary that such a hypothetical observation exist. (BTW, there are many other potentially falsifying observations for evolution. This is not the only one.) What is the observation that would make you give up ID?


421 posted on 11/29/2004 11:34:01 AM PST by stremba
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