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Originally Posted by wake
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Thanks for the links. VERY interesting.
So... One more question, if I may. A good theory can be used to make predictions about the outcomes of experiments, right? Are there examples of biological experiments where, let's say, Darwin's theory predicted the results?
oh geeez! That's two questions.
wake
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Correct.
It can only predict in the general sense in that it can say that adaption will happen, it can't predict how this adaption happens specifically, since a fundamental part of evolutionary theory is that adaption is based on random variations having different probabilities for being passed on.
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For what Henrik says:
I would use the development of Multiple Antibiotica Resistent Bacteria or the breeding of dogs (cats, cows...).
Evolution would predict that if the enviroment puts a pressure on a species which favours the survival of individuals with a certain property than the species will evolve over some generations in the way that this property is common in all the species.
In case of bacteria it is the property of being not killed by a substance that is poison for all the rest.
Concerning animals it is an arbitrary choosen feature which some human thinks would be a great thing to have.
As I am not a biologist, I am not sure if these are good examples, but as creationists are also not biologists I think it is a good thing to throw at them.