Tag: falsifiability

Why Doubting Evolution is Like Doubting Gravity – Part 1

Why Doubting Evolution is Like Doubting Gravity – Part 1

| July 30, 2014

America The Doubtful America is a world leader in doubting the theory of evolution, perhaps second only to Turkey. For the last 12 years, Gallup polls have shown that somewhere between 40% and 46% of the American adult population believe that humans did not evolve from less-advanced forms of life over millions of years.   In […]

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Science and Evidence: Falsifiability and Prediction

Science and Evidence: Falsifiability and Prediction

| July 8, 2012

How is it that many people insist that there is no evidence for the theory of evolution or the Big Bang theory, yet  scientists will insist that there is massive evidence for these theories?    The controversy comes from a misunderstanding of what constitutes  scientific evidence.    Laymen tend to think that unless we can […]

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