It will eventually be possible,/B> to directly verify it when the technology is available.
YOu are making a statement based soley on faith that something in the future will occur with nor knowledge that it will occur. That is speculation. If not, why use the word "possible". Wors have meaning and the clear meaning of your sentence is that you are speculating or expressing a religious belief through faith about something for which there is no proof or evidence.
I do have knowledge it will occur. The trend in knowledge and technology shows it to be inevitable. When we know enough about the mechanisms of genetics and we have fast enough computers then we can simulate organisms on computers. We won't need to use live organisms anymore, and there will be no time constraints as we wait 2 years for the next generation. Evolution of an organism's genome over millions of generations will be testable. Therefore evolution will become directly verifiable. It will either fall, or it will be verified beyond doubt of anyone.
Wor[d]s have meaning and the clear meaning of your sentence is that you are speculating or expressing a religious belief through faith about something for which there is no proof or evidence.
REALTY CHECK! Let's remind ourselves what bds was specifically referring to, shall we? He was saying that we should eventually be able to look as a DNA sequence and calculate the full structure of the protein that it codes for (and then having that information be able to assess the functionality of the protein). Currently this is not possible as the folding of proteins (the transformation of a chain of amino acids into the functional 3-D protein) is complex and not yet fully predictable.
But obviously DNA does (via RNA, etc) code for proteins. Are seriously claiming that it's a "religious belief" that this problem is scientifically soluble? Do you realize how STUPID that sounds?
Sorry for the ad homenim, but as you note "words have meanings," and that one certainly seems to apply.