Re: Creationism is a falsified scientific theory

lucaspa wrote:
Sasha wrote:
Theory: My balls are more intelligent than you are.
Proven Fact: Testicles are not sentient beings and do not possess a
measurable I.Q. Therefore, my statement is false.

Just because a belief or opinion is falsifiable does not mean that it
is science, even if scienc is used to falsify that opinion.

Actually, your example is a scientific theory. As you pointed out, you
falsified it. A consequence of the theory "my balls are intelligent"
is that testicles are sentient. But that consequence is untrue.

From Wikipedia: "A theory is a logically self-consistent model or
framework for describing the behavior of a related set of natural or
social phenomena. It originates from and/or is supported by
experimental evidence (see scientific method). In this sense, a theory
is a systematic and formalized expression of all previous observations
that is predictive, logical and testable."

Sasha's testicle "theory" is not based on previous observations, nor
does it describe the behavior of a related set of phenomena. Using
this definition, it's not a scientific theory.

I imagine there could be scientific theories of creationism, but I'm
not certain I've seen them stated that way. %0

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