a correction: scientific theories can never be proven, but can be disproven.
Cases in point: Phlogiston, caloric theory of heat, etc...
falsification criteria are vital to any scientific theorum.
Isn't that special. The evolutionists claim that the IDers can offer no positive proof of ID, but the evolutionists can't provide the same kind of proof for evolution. The fact is the IDers have offered plenty of evidence casting serious doubt on the ToE.