That’s why the actual Theory of Evolution can never be validated. Observing it in real time takes too long so no one can ever say with certainty that Evolution has been tested.
One word: fossils.
One example: tectonic plate drift. Can you see the plates drift? Since you can't observe it, then they must not drift, right? We can use tools that span longer times than a single life (like survey techniques_, and at higher resolution like GPS measurements to observe something that cannot be directly seen by man in a single lifetime.
Science is built on the backs of earlier scientists. It is a multi-generational process, and using observed data from earlier researchers is valid and accepted, and allows for observations beyond the lifespan of a single person.
The absence of a fully observed process does NOT mean the process does not exist; it just has not been confirmed, meaning the theory is still a theory. That is what we're dealing with...
“One word: fossils.”
One word: observation.
“Science is built on the backs of earlier scientists. It is a multi-generational process, and using observed data from earlier researchers is valid and accepted, and allows for observations beyond the lifespan of a single person.”
Yep, and when enough generations have actually taken place (with written/visual records) so that, for example, the evolution from a fish to a bird can be completely observed and documented then we will be able to confirm the TOE.
“The absence of a fully observed process does NOT mean the process does not exist; it just has not been confirmed, meaning the theory is still a theory.”
I agree, it has not been confirmed because the observation has never taken place. So it shouldn’t be sold to the public as having been confirmed, is a fact, is true, etc., as many on FR have claimed.
